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zianurayI figure I'm about to get drafted for Breakfast/Cleaning duty upstairs.
The granddaughter who was going in sporadically -- T -- has finally gotten herself on SSI or something of the sort so no longer needs the money my M-I-L L was paying her.
(She was looking for a regular job last year, where she could work "when she felt like it" and clear $2000 / month "because that's what she needed to pay her bills.") Little unrealistic, IMO.
So of course L is doing the total stressout "Whatever will become of us?" thing anytime she has an audience.
Now here's the thing: I would not mind fixing their breakfast 2 - 3 times per week and running the vacuum, etc once or twice. (My Gramma was a Scrubby Dutch and the vacuum once a week was enough for her!) The problem comes in with scheduling. I leave Aurora by noon most workdays to run a few small errands or just get ready to face the timeclock by 1415 hrs. They get up around noon. Then they debate about what to have for breakfast for 30-45 minutes. THEN it must be fixed a certain way, in certain pans, no microwave allowed, oh we're out of tea, run to the store and get some, oh that's not the right brand (funny, i took the box along and matched it), well we might have some waaaaay in back there behind the good dishes (whaddaya know? same damn brand i bought) and all this takes another hour or so. Then have to fix the doggies' breakfast from the humans' plates and serve them before L will eat. Then shit's cold because the dogs won't eat it yet and she's trying to coax them. They have sent me to the store for a can of asparagus with count 'em SIX cans still in the cabinet.
So the point is: if they'd be willing to get up at a time when I could get stuff done without being late for work, I would "do" for them.
But this ain't gonna happen.
The granddaughter who was going in sporadically -- T -- has finally gotten herself on SSI or something of the sort so no longer needs the money my M-I-L L was paying her.
(She was looking for a regular job last year, where she could work "when she felt like it" and clear $2000 / month "because that's what she needed to pay her bills.") Little unrealistic, IMO.
So of course L is doing the total stressout "Whatever will become of us?" thing anytime she has an audience.
Now here's the thing: I would not mind fixing their breakfast 2 - 3 times per week and running the vacuum, etc once or twice. (My Gramma was a Scrubby Dutch and the vacuum once a week was enough for her!) The problem comes in with scheduling. I leave Aurora by noon most workdays to run a few small errands or just get ready to face the timeclock by 1415 hrs. They get up around noon. Then they debate about what to have for breakfast for 30-45 minutes. THEN it must be fixed a certain way, in certain pans, no microwave allowed, oh we're out of tea, run to the store and get some, oh that's not the right brand (funny, i took the box along and matched it), well we might have some waaaaay in back there behind the good dishes (whaddaya know? same damn brand i bought) and all this takes another hour or so. Then have to fix the doggies' breakfast from the humans' plates and serve them before L will eat. Then shit's cold because the dogs won't eat it yet and she's trying to coax them. They have sent me to the store for a can of asparagus with count 'em SIX cans still in the cabinet.
So the point is: if they'd be willing to get up at a time when I could get stuff done without being late for work, I would "do" for them.
But this ain't gonna happen.
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Date: 2005-03-21 11:10 pm (UTC)