Clean inside but not out

[susandennis]

Today is housecleaner day. Which means I split and go do errands except. The air outside still sucks. But, depending on who you believe, it could remain pretty sucky for weeks. I can't stay inside for weeks. That's digging into my quality of life. And we cannot have that. Plus I have a Mariner game to go to on Saturday.

So I think I'm going out today anyway. I have a mask I can wear but I hate to wear it. I have albuterol which I can take before I go out. And cough pills. I'll keep the windows up and the a/c on and hope for the best. Today's plans include Goodwill, the big Safeway (on the hunt for candy pumpkins) and getting gas. It will be fine.

Some of the weather people say it will begin to clear out tomorrow so I'm going to hope they are the ones who are right and not the ones that say it will be a few weeks before we get relief.

Spotify is misbehaving on my chromebook and it's pissing me off. Ok, just turned off all extensions. Problem fixed. Turned them back on one by one and problem still fixed. Computers just like to fuck with you, I think. Their must be some cat in their DNA.

But, meanwhile Spotify somehow got the idea that I love patriotic music. I surely do not. Especially these days. The web player gives me no way to tell Spotify NFW. So I have to go to my phone and tell it to tell Spotify to lay off the red, white and blue music - song by song. Odd, because, in every their recommendation engine is spot on with songs and singers both. Just a strange little anomaly.

The baseball game starts at 1 today.

Comments

[meowmensteen]

Maybe you could just casually hold a cloth over your nose and mouth when you're going from car to store. I'm only half joking. I've been going about my usual activities including riding my bicycle everywhere, and I think it's catching up with me. I had a nasty bout of lightheadedness the other night while I was trying to cook dinner, and all yesterday I kept having what I call "a catch" in my lungs. It's that stingy feeling I sometimes get when I try to breath in that stops me from breathing in. Also my eyes are burning... and my throat. I might actually shut all the windows today. I know, I said that the other day.

[zoefruitcake.livejournal.com]

I hope outside doesn't kill you

[celluloid-jam.livejournal.com]

Susan, if you don't mind me asking, how much do you pay your cleaner and what exactly does she clean? We are looking for someone to come and do a (probably) 1 time deep cleaning of our walls, baseboards, windows/sills, doors, kitchen appliances and bathroom. I surface clean every day buuuuut. Lots of living happens in this tiny house! Just checking our options. :)

[susandennis]

I don't mind one little bit. I pay her $100 and she comes every two weeks and cleans for about and a half.

She does the toilets and the sinks and the kitchen counter/stove/sink - all the surfaces really. She vacuums and she dusts. She doesn't dust every single thing but enough and she kind of straightens stuff.

I'm guessing - and this is just a guess - that she might charge $200ish for a one time deep clean. Less if it were the first of a regular gig.

BUT you can probably get a clearer picture via Yelp. You can go here:

https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=House+Cleaning+Services&find_loc=Seattle%2C+WA

And then do the request a quote thing and mostly if not totally not have to talk to anyone on the phone OR even respond if you don't want to.

[celluloid-jam.livejournal.com]

Excellent, thanks very much!