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A Matter of Time and Money

I don’t mind cleaning, but I’m not like my best friend, Janet and her sister. Janet once told her mother that she used to skip school. But not for the usual reasons. She said that she skipped so she could stay home and clean. Her mother seemed surprised, but…wouldn’t she have noticed? I don’t know, but it didn’t surprise me. Her apartment was always very clean.

I like my house to be clean, but, I don’t make a big fuss like Janet did. There is someone who was more of a stickler for cleanliness than she was, though. Our neighbor, Alice.

Speaking of Alice, soon after I met her, I learned that she knew me when I was a little girl. Weird.

Anyway, about her cleaning. Alice couldn’t stand to feel even the teeniest rock on her floor. She cleaned with S.O.S. pads and bleach. A dangerous combination. And she always wore flip-flops.

I don’t think either one of these ladies would have ever allowed another woman to come in their home to clean for them. No matter about time and money for them. Nobody would have been able to clean to their satisfaction.

Before I met them, I lived in North Carolina. I once thought about living there and I wouldn’t have minded having someone from cary cleaning service to help me out.

I guess that would have depended on where I lived and whether time or money was more important to me. And if I felt I could trust someone enough. Maybe I would be like I believe Janet and Alice would be. But I’d be willing to give someone a chance.

The manager where I worked wanted me to stay. She talked about helping me find a trailer. Oh, how different my life would be right now had I done that. The birth of Adriana, for instance. I have no regrets about not making that choice.

If you have the money for it, would you rather spend your money on services that someone else can do for you, which would allow you to spend more time doing other projects that you’d prefer doing? Or would you rather save your money or spend it in other ways and spend your time doing your own cleaning? Or whatever the service may be?

“Money frees you from doing things you dislike. Since I dislike doing nearly everything, money is handy.” – Groucho Marx