Cleaners and CT Results

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Cleaners are here. They will never come back. For the two of them, it is $25/hr. That is fine. They will only vacuum for that price. I asked them to wipe down the dusty baseboards in hall. Well, that will be more per hour. She said they only agreed to vacuum. I am confused. So, one is sweeping the bathroom so it can be vacuumed once gathered. I would rather get a price and have them do whatever I need that pops up. 

I want the kitchen swept then Swiffered. They agreed to do that for the $25 price. Whatever. I told them where water and Coke are located and not to take drinks from kitchen. They did not bring masks after I asked them to do so. They offered to leave and go buy some. No. They are using the gloves I supplied. 

Both came to the front door carrying a vacuum. Nope, want mine used. The vacuums look so tiny, easy to use, I suppose. Mine has a hepa filter. I doubt theirs do. 

I can understand just enough Spanish to know they were discussing the bathroom. That is a problem for them. This is too much for me to deal with right now. I had three hours sleep and just want to go to bed.

Maybe they will be back, but this is too much. She said wiping baseboards in only the hall was 'deep cleaning' and they did not agree to that. The daughter works at a hotel. So, she is making rules for all of us. That is okay, but it is not like other cleaners have worked like they worked. 

The last cleaner only put together the deer. That is okay, too, because when she tried starting trouble between Tommy and me, she was out of line. So, no cleaning by her, that I remember. 

Okay, they stayed less than one hour and we paid $25 which is totally fine as far as price and what they did. I have never heard of baseboards in only the hall being called 'deep cleaning.'

We had a talk before they left concerning what they would do and price. It is still $25/hr. That seems too little for two people. The mother mentioned 'coming in and doing a whole house cleaning one day' for one price. Well, I told her that that would be twelve hours at the least, and I could not last that long. 

I asked if their vacuum cleaners had a hepa filter. They assured me they had a filter. They had never heard of hepa filters. So, we will use my vacuum. 

The kind of person I need is someone who will do what I need in time allotted. If I need refrigerator emptied and cleaned, living room dusted, and commode cleaned, that is what I need. I have limited energy to deal with someone even being here.  

I was pleased it took the mother a long time to vacuum the hall. I was afraid she would run down it once and call it done. No, she did a good job. The daughter wanted to vacuum the bathroom, too. But, I wanted it swept to the door and then the swept stuff vacuumed. There is no way to get a vacuum beside either side or back of the commode. Getting behind the door would require the vacuum be taken into the bathroom and the door being shut. 

She did Swiffer the kitchen, not sure how well. I deliberately bought a Swiffer and the wet pads to make it easier and more palatable to cleaners to mop the kitchen floor. Now, it is not sticky in places or has crunchy things on the floor. I cannot stand that. Tommy says he never notices...lol. 

The carpet in living room and hall feel so nice to my bare feet and look plush. 

I did take a nap. Between the cleaners and the nap, we went to The Pig to get bread and 2 coleslaw mixes and an ad. There was one mix at home which I made for dinner. I had the last of the turkey breast with at least two cups of slaw for dinner. I told Tommy to give me lots of slaw, and he did. 

In The Pig, I had an adventure, a good name for an accident. The cart had two of the vertical pieces of metal bent outward. As I was squeezing through a display on the aisle, the vertical metal snagged a six-pack of beer. It spewed all over me and a customer before it even left the stack. Of course, a pack above fell off and slid down the snagged pack right into my cart. Three more hit the floor. The nice customer put all the leaking ones, snagged packs, and one of the floor back into the display. I doubt the workers can find the ones damaged. But, the whole side of the display would have been on the floor if he had not fixed the gap. 

Fun, fun, fun at the Pig.

The women tried to figure out how to schedule me. I explained that with doctor appointments and such, we could not just have them every Monday or some other day. 

Speaking of doctors, the CT showed nothing for knot in side, pain in kidney or any abnormality of pancreas, and no gallstones. I didn't think stones just went away. They were there and now they are not. I am confused. Nurse had no explanation. 

While I was sleeping, he was searching around in the upright freezer for food. He found meatballs, and a package of frozen slices of bell pepper. He added that to the meatballs and used diced onion still in the refrigerator, stirring it all together for him. Plus, he had lots of coleslaw, too. He seems so happy to find food. 

Tommy said he will call exterminator for the yard tomorrow. He has also agreed that painting the wood on the brick exterior black would look nice. The color now is either green or brown, faded. Before, he said he like that color. Good news all around.