Hoarders

"Eh, I made a mess," Glenn, the cable guy who came in to fix our internet, says as he picks up his tools and the coaxial cable cuttings that litter the floor.

"How could you tell?" I ask, acknowledging that, for the past few weeks while we've dealt with my health issues, Katie and I have not exactly been the tidiest of people.

"You know," he says, wiping his brow, "I stopped watching that show 'Hoarders' because I didn't think it was realistic.

"But going into peoples' houses like I do, I realized I was right - it's not realistic because they don't make things look bad enough."