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Ana muses about having a maid
Sometimes, I daydream about the day when I can quit my job, hire a housekeeper and write full time. When I come back to reality, though, I'm not so sure.
Sometimes, I daydream about the day when I can quit my job, hire a housekeeper and write full time. When I come back to reality, though, I'm not so sure.
My job is how I exercise. I shudder at the thought of going to the gym. I prefer multi-tasking. Pitchfork a stall in the barn, and I end up with a clean pen as well as a workout. Harvest and lug a bushel of beets to the wash screen, and I've done two hundred toe-touchers. And passed an endurance test.
A cook might be grand. But what if I was trysting with my muse when lunch was ready? Muse could leave in a huff and play hard to get for a week.
A maid would be nice, but I'd worry about appearing messy and would clean house before she cleaned. And I couldn't feel comfortable sitting at my desk wearing knee-highs and my red thermal nightgown while someone vacuumed behind me.
And I would have to hire a PR firm when she sold out to the tabloids. "Ana Morgan wears a ten-gallon hat and spurs in the bedroom."
I'm writing a western romance. I have to live the part.
I'm so with you. I would clean before the maid came.
ReplyDeleteI'd be quite happy to shut myself in my study while someone else cleaned my house!
ReplyDeleteI understand completely, Wendy.
ReplyDeleteI could become jaded over time, though, and become completely comfortable with a host of attentive servants. Maid, cook, chauffeur, cabana boy.
I could share with you, Paula.
Okay, I'll confess I have a cleaning lady who comes once a month. And it's a bit awkward to be here when she is, but I'm getting used to it. :) And yes, I clean before she comes! But the one week that I don't have to clean is definitely helpful.
ReplyDeleteI was raised with cooks and housekeepers, and I liked hanging out with the "help" because they were down -to-earth.
ReplyDeleteI think I could go for a cleaning service.
ReplyDeleteAnd my dream is to have someone come every morning and do my hair for me...nothing too fancy, just some style. I think that would be really fun!