08 June 2011

Open Drawer Syndrome - is there a cure?

Are you suffering from this too?
It's funny how things sneak up on you.  It's kind of like a cold that turns into a full blown swine flu.  Well, it's happened here and I can only hope there is a cure.

What's happened?  Open Drawer Syndrome, that's what.  Never heard of it?  Well, allow me to elaborate.

This insidious syndrome shows up innocently enough.  It starts with one drawer, left slightly ajar in a room.  It lies in wait to see how long it takes for the drawer to be closed.  The longer it stays open, the syndrome looks for another prey.  It seems to enjoy being open and closed frequently.  As a result, bedrooms seem nearly immune from this devil.  So, it moves on.  Its prime target: THE KITCHEN.  Suddenly, one or two drawers will remain inexplicably opened.  It's usually the silverware drawer and then the "drawer of mystery" that everyone has (you know the one - pens from hotels you stayed at eight or nine years ago seem drawn to this drawer) that constantly finds itself open and in need of closing.  It boggles the mind.

I've drawn the following conclusions - my teenage children, CAL and The Boy, seem to have absolutely no idea how this malady continues to strike our home constantly.  I believe that part of the syndrome is to strike at their memories, zapping any recollection they have that once you open something, you close it.  And once the syndrome expands to the cabinets, it's too late.  There appears to be no recovering.  You will be forced to wander your kitchen, smacking your shin on the open "drawer of mystery" and desperately trying to avoid cracking your head open on an open cabinet door.

It's like a "Hot Zone" (awesome book, by the way!  It scared.me.to.death when I read it) of open drawers in our kitchen here.  If anyone has a cure, please share.  I beg you.

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