I was thinking about the meaning of life when I was scrubbing my kitchen floor. For weeks I was seeing some dark spots and shades of dirt on the tiles, and finally got the energy to do it. I do not particularly like to do this kind of work, but after all I am happy that I have the physical ability to perform such task, to give a thorough scrub as I kneel, and then stretch wide rinsing and wiping. I love clean houses. However, my house is not pristinely clean. I do things when I feel like it: one day a sink, another day a tub, another day something else. In a way, I miss my Mom's "complete" cleaning. Sometime before Easter she would bring a robust woman from the countryside and in a day or two everything would be washed: rugs, curtains, windows, floors. At the end of those days I had the smell of clean in my nose. But Mom, you do not wash and soak the hardwood floors-- that's why I have to repolish them...