It's funny cuz' my RABF says I am *NOT* codependent
andhoo - he's 8000 miles away - what does HE know?
SO '
it's almost week three with the dogsitting thing
and I've had to bring in another person
to take over one feeding per day
because the state of the house
has made me sick.
The constant rain and snow
has made it so that I can't spend time
in the house with the dogs
but also can't go outside with them.
So this person who the owner knows
and has known for years
is taking over the morning duty
because I literally couldn't get out of bed
one day last week from the allergie thing.
Never had it that bad before.
My eyes were swollen almost shut
had a TB Ward kind of cough
and a 'thing' in the back of my throat
that I couldn't dislodge
something like that makes you nuts.
I kind of had a ... meeting ...
with the woman who is supposed to be cleaning the place.
I asked her why she doesn't vacume every day.
She said she only vacumes once a week.
I said that's not enough.
She said that's all she's ever done.
I said that's why everyone is sick.
She said she vacumes once a week.
I ended it with noting she's lucky he pays her
because no one else would.
Basically -
she's not been coming because he's on vacation
and she wasn't expecting so many other people
to be in the house
to witness her not doing what she's paid to do.
Then I took my phone and let her watch me
photograph the house
wrote "hi, J" on the coffee table in the dust
and then wrote the date on the television
with my finger in the dust.
and told her I'm sending it to him in France.
He can then decide what he wants to do
when he gets back.
But while *I* am in charge
the place is getting vacumed every day.
I used to won a cleaning service
you don't 'do' someone's house
and not vacume.
He's getting ripped off by this woman.
Period.
SO My OTHER friend just got given
and brand new vacume
and gave it to me.
She's got this 2000$ vacume herself
and doesn't need it.
I took it over to the house
and made a chart
put it on the fridge
and we mark when we vacume.
I got a mask
and am going to vacume today.
FUnny how it showed up
right when I needed it.
I'm not known for my 'de-escalation' skills.
But I bet I can be in the house
by the end of the week, too.
SO far the dogs have learned the word 'no'
and 'sh!' (that's for the barking one)
and 'down'
and neither jumps on me any more.
they're still jumping on other people, though.
*sigh*
and it's only halfway through the month.
They *are very addictive personalities, though
because I miss not seeing them twice a day
and they miss me.
But their manners have gone from a 2 to a 7
and that's progress.
LOL