A Merry Maid? Me?
I'm not the world's best housewife. I forget stuff, sometimes I overspend, I am way too interested in piddly hobbies for my own good, and I dislike cleaning. And yet here I am messaging back and forh with my friend Melody about helping her clean, organize, and most likely decorate her house on the weekends for no less than $15 a shot with her helping me. Why? Because I like her and miss hanging out with non-relatives.
That and I am keenly interested in helping Ben out by making money in little non-commital ways (as in not a full-time job since I need to watch the girls) like taking surveys on the internet for $5 each, which has panned out better than I expected. Ben happily says that's enough to cover his school coffeee shop coffee fetish for the time being. Still I want to do more, maybe enough to feel like I am earning my keep, that and so I can maybe have a bit of pocket money of my own. My friend and I haven't discussed money much, since she still has to send me pics, but it will at least cover the $15 for gas I would need to break even and then some. I have no idea what the price will be, but I don't want to take all of her money and ruin our friendship, but I don't want to get screwed either. I want a $60 or so ring from Target, and I think this will help me get there. And it will also help us pay for the new house.
As long as her dogs get along with my girls, things should work out nicely. that and if her ass husband doesn't become too much to handle. It seems like he's trying to win some sort of award for being a bad husband, and the more I hear about him, the worse he gets. We agreed if he doesn't shape up this year that she'll get out next year, and I hope she stands by that. She gave him the ultimatum, I'm thinking, and he treats her like dirt, telling her she's a waste of time and all of that.
On the health front, I'm still kind of down with the strep but getting better. I'm eating Italian ice and soft stuff like that due to the swelling in my throat from mucus and pus (ewwww!) making eating other stuff painful and difficult, like swallowing is. Today I'll try moving up to soup. Right now I'm feeling a little sick to my stomach, probably from the horse pill antibiotic and lack of proper sleep. I'm getting there though.
That and I am keenly interested in helping Ben out by making money in little non-commital ways (as in not a full-time job since I need to watch the girls) like taking surveys on the internet for $5 each, which has panned out better than I expected. Ben happily says that's enough to cover his school coffeee shop coffee fetish for the time being. Still I want to do more, maybe enough to feel like I am earning my keep, that and so I can maybe have a bit of pocket money of my own. My friend and I haven't discussed money much, since she still has to send me pics, but it will at least cover the $15 for gas I would need to break even and then some. I have no idea what the price will be, but I don't want to take all of her money and ruin our friendship, but I don't want to get screwed either. I want a $60 or so ring from Target, and I think this will help me get there. And it will also help us pay for the new house.
As long as her dogs get along with my girls, things should work out nicely. that and if her ass husband doesn't become too much to handle. It seems like he's trying to win some sort of award for being a bad husband, and the more I hear about him, the worse he gets. We agreed if he doesn't shape up this year that she'll get out next year, and I hope she stands by that. She gave him the ultimatum, I'm thinking, and he treats her like dirt, telling her she's a waste of time and all of that.
On the health front, I'm still kind of down with the strep but getting better. I'm eating Italian ice and soft stuff like that due to the swelling in my throat from mucus and pus (ewwww!) making eating other stuff painful and difficult, like swallowing is. Today I'll try moving up to soup. Right now I'm feeling a little sick to my stomach, probably from the horse pill antibiotic and lack of proper sleep. I'm getting there though.