No more cobwebs in the closets , dust under the bed , or weeds in the garden . I even cut down some small trees in the back yard that were covered with poison ivy . Okay , that was n't the BRIGHTEST way to wait ( ask my hand , now swollen and red with infection ) , but it 's the best I could do .
According to the above context, answer the following question.
What might the narrator have been doing ?


Spring cleaning