How does that happen?

Have you ever let your kitchen get so trashed, because of a quickly thrown together dinner and the dishwasher needing to be emptied? What that is the case at our house tonight. We are all sitting in the living room, with our backs facing the kitchen, avoiding it and pretending that it doesn't look like a pig pen. There are pots and pans to wash, counters to wipe, papers to put away. It's beyond overwhelming. I'm afraid if we don't do something tonight, that the dog will get into something tomorrow while we are all gone. I would like to go out and get the coffee pot ready for morning and make a lunch to take to work, but then I'd have to fester in the rest of the mess! And...that...is why I'm on the computer right now! AVOIDANCE!!!