If I were to create a scale that indicates the cleanliness of my apartment, with 10 being pristine, it would look like this:
1 – How it looked the time it was already messy because I was depressed, and then I got a norovirus that lasted about a week
2 – You can smell that two cats reside here
3 – You can at least see that the clothes chair is a chair, but every dish I own is in the sink
4 – Ready for a visit from my best friend
5 – All the vegetables in the fridge are edible or only recently spoiled
6 – Ready for a visit from my father
7 – Ready for a visit from a close friend
8 – If a neighbor randomly stops by I will only have to scramble for like 30 seconds to make sure everything weird or gross is put away
9 – There are 3 or fewer dishes in the sink
10 – Ready for a visit from my mother