Housecleaning and Mercury in Retrograde
I really do not rent apartments anymore, an item of my background that’s best ignored. I was a tenured slumlord for a short time. Not the proudest of moments.That isn’t what this is about. That is about pet hair, cleaning, schedules, and what to do with Mercury Retrograde. The initial setup and opening disclaimer is because, the simplest way to describe what I was in control of would be to think about a “make ready,” as in, make the model ready for a fresh tenant.Wasn’t a house, and I was not the one doing the make-ready. Evidently, my job was to supervise the “maids for hire,” and I’m sure that there are outfits such as this in many towns, a service that sends out busy worker-bee kinds who then dirt, clean, polish, wipe, cleaner, and, needless to say, vacuum.Mercury in Retrograde plays havoc with schedules, timing, and electrical devices. Perfect example? Cleaning company was left an on my cell, saying they are able to show up early, named and likely to show up at noon. Telephone never called, only got the information. Therefore I run over, and there’s the cleansing pair, standing around in the summertime temperature, both with phones pushed to ears, hoping to get someone’s attention. Like me — exactly me.I carefully explained that they were paid for three hours, but I thought it only reasonable to cut them off at just a little over two hours, they get paid for three, and the area is clean enough for an instantaneous move-in. Most people are happy.I allow team unlimbers their vacuum, resources, mops, cleaned, pails, soap-looking containers and furniture polish. No stove to clean, no refrigerator to bother with, no heavy lifting, right?I had an errand for attending therefore I left the registered and bonded all-female crew there to take care of the dirty work. I didn’t see now it may even take two hours, but anyone who’s been to where I live knows I’m clean, just not usually clean.I appear back just an over two hours later. Place is mostly clear, wiped, mopped, dusted, and there is one carpet left to vacuum.Previous tenant had a cat. I like cats. I took that very pet to the veterinarian one time, again, another story for a different venue.This continues to be about Mercury in Retrograde, don’t let me wander….The diligent cleaning ladies were nearly finished, on my schedule, half an hour early. One of them starts packing out. It is some who knows how to work together, easily and efficiently.”Hey, obtain the mess driver,” the one inside hollers.The outside one talks about me, bends over and gets a bag of machine devices and a little screwdriver out of her supplies and instruments. I was satisfied, she — they — were prepared for exigencies.The cat hair, put aside by the last tenant’s cat blocked the vacuum. Blew a belt on it. If I was upset about the ordeal.When Mercury goes retrograde, only when it looks like we’re ahead of schedule and under budget almost to obtaining the job done ahead of schedule, anything breaks.Afterwards, I was asked? Mercury includes an additional wad of cat hair in the carpet.Knowing, ahead of time, that Mercury is a tricky one, makes the extra wad much simpler to weather the effects of unexpected breakdowns and plan changes.
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