Awesome cleaning lady
My mum passed this morning after 12 years of battling cancer. I am currently trying to organize the remains of a life and remember what needs to be done. One of the things that would be important to me, is to show my appreciation for our brilliant cleaning lady Luisa. She used to visit mum in hospital after she had cleaned the flat and yesterday morning, when she came I overslept due to long hours at the hospital at mum's side and thus the house was a mess.
She tidied everything, cleaned dishes, took down my washing and ironed it, put a new load into the dishwasher, emptied bins and took rubbish out and in general went above and beyond the call of duty - all of this while being quiet enough not to wake me. Really, she is only meant to clean the flat, so everything else she just did because she is awesome. Dealing with everything has been/is being so much easier with me not falling over my own stuff and sticking to sticky surfaces.
Communication is a bit difficult, as she is Portuguese and I am German. We communicate in French, but her French is not great and mine is downright awful. I was thinking of giving her three months worth of wages as a thank you - do you think that's appropriate? I was thinking of also getting her a big bunch of flowers, but I know she is saving so she can spent the summer in Portugal, so I wonder if just money would be better? I am hoping to find a friend of a friend who speaks Portuguese enough that he could translate a letter of thanks for me too...
She tidied everything, cleaned dishes, took down my washing and ironed it, put a new load into the dishwasher, emptied bins and took rubbish out and in general went above and beyond the call of duty - all of this while being quiet enough not to wake me. Really, she is only meant to clean the flat, so everything else she just did because she is awesome. Dealing with everything has been/is being so much easier with me not falling over my own stuff and sticking to sticky surfaces.
Communication is a bit difficult, as she is Portuguese and I am German. We communicate in French, but her French is not great and mine is downright awful. I was thinking of giving her three months worth of wages as a thank you - do you think that's appropriate? I was thinking of also getting her a big bunch of flowers, but I know she is saving so she can spent the summer in Portugal, so I wonder if just money would be better? I am hoping to find a friend of a friend who speaks Portuguese enough that he could translate a letter of thanks for me too...