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Laurel has to clean her room.

She has to clean her room because it is a sty.  It must be cleaned to my standards.  She is allowed NO FUN THINGS until she accomplishes this Herculean feat.  She has been toiling for two days with no signs of stopping. 

She knows my standards require her to clean beneath her bed.  She doesn't have much in the way of reach, seeing as how she's 8 and has a full-size bed, so it's difficult to get to the nastiness lurking in the far reaches of beneath-the-bed-istan.

But Laurel, she has found a way.

Introducing the Repurposed Textbook Jack Stands:

Now if only she would funnel as much creativity and ingenuity into cleaning her room and keeping it that way.  I know, I know.  It's a common lament.

Note:  As any good mother would, I warned her of the impending doom that arises from piling books under a bed, then crawling beneath it.  I even warned her before snapping the photo, for which I get extra points.

I'm glad those textbooks were put to good use!