we had a cookout tonight at home and ice cream cake, then i took him out for his first *legal* drink. woodford reserve - a local ky bourbon - very good and very expensive. then i let him go on his merry way and i came home.

praying, hoping, worrying that he won't overdue it.

it's 11:34 and i just realized this is the first time i've sat down since 8 this morning.

no work tomorrow, so i can sleep in a bit. but then...

...then i have to take my mother out to pay some bills at the mall. i picked her up at noon today cuz she hadn't been out of the house for days and needed to get out, so i was the good daughter. argh. we ran out of time to get her errands done today.

by the time we got home from the grocery at 4:30 today i was shaking all over. the woman never shuts up, and all she does is complain. she complained today that ALL food products are too full of sodium for her to eat. she complained that it was too hot to be outside, but then has to wear a jacket inside cuz we keep it sooo cold. she would complain if she didn't have something to complain about. she complains enough for everyone i know, so i'm not gonna keep complaining about her!!!

let's just say i'm not looking forward to that part of my day tomorrow.

i have tuesdays and every other thursday open for cleaning. i can't believe i've built up a full time business this quickly. plus, i have 2 people to call back tomorrow and a neighbor here in our community is supposed to call and let me know if his wife wants me to clean their condo.

i'm thinking i might want to keep one day a week open, but ya know, the money speaks volumes. maybe i'll only take smaller houses that won't take more than 3 or 4 hours. yeah, that's what i'll do.

and, if i get one more house than what i need, i'm going to dump the lady with the 6000 sq ft house and 6 bathrooms. why??? cuz i can. she doesn't want to pay for me to clean the whole house, yet she wants the whole house cleaned spotlessly. i don't have to fool with her and i ain't gonna!!!

yeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! i love having my own business!!!

i cleaned a little house - well, most of it - this morning for a guy who is going to propose to his girlfriend this week. she's coming in from tokyo and has never seen his house. they knew each other growing up and she moved to tokyo with her family, but they've kept in touch and developed a relationshop online and over the phone.

i'm thinkin i'd have to say "no".

now don't be thinkin i'm all about a house. if you've read previous posts about my house you know it ain't so.

but this dude's house??? he has 2 rottweilers who obviously live in the house with him (they were in the back yard while i was there). you can't run a cup of water in the sinks without them backing up, and it was greasy brown water. (i left him a note about drano). gross. there's just too much stuff to go into.

i couldn't clean parts of it, like one bathroom is storage - no water turned on back there. and it was dirty dirty dirty.

i guess he could fix a lot of it. structurally it's a sound house with beautiful hardwood floors, but this guy just lives gross. know what i mean???

however, i'll go clean it again if he asks. he paid me $120 and i was there less than 3 hours.

if it weren't so gross i'd feel bad about taking his money, but he was also desperate to get it done today and i hadn't planned on working today with the party tonight.

looks like i'm going to be vice president of the board of directors here.

how do i get myself into these situations??? cuz i refuse to keep my mouth shut when i see things going on or not happening as they should.

we have a petition going around to get the two assholes off the board. i was also told that our board secretary is going to make a motion that they step down next tuesday if we don't have enough votes by then, so they're gone either way.

i'm just wondering where i'm going to find dog poo next???

for now, i think i'll mosey toward the bed...sleep tight. xoxo