It's not like she blew me off. She just left with another guy, that's all.

Riley ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Calli - Jan 02, 2020 5:00:00 am PST #15235 of 30019
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I'm at work. Most people won't be back until the 6th. This includes people I need to work with to move forward on some projects. I should have considered this before making my own vacation plans, alas.


-t - Jan 02, 2020 5:16:00 am PST #15236 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Sunrise beach walk sounds lovely. I hope the new prescription thing works out well, Laura. Getting those prescriptions filled is such a pain, anything that smooths out the process for anyone makes me happy.

Working from home today, last minute decision. Considering the pros and cons of eating breakfast. Actual workload should be pretty light, at least.


sj - Jan 02, 2020 5:58:27 am PST #15237 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

ltc is back at school! t throws glitter!

I went to the pharmacy to stock up on some things and I need to do some laundry before my inlaws arrive. My house is a complete disaster area, and I sort of wish they wouldn't come today.

I don't really have the money to do it right now, but is it unreasonable to think I could find someone to both babysit and help with some housework? Or do I have to look for two separate people? Mom isn't going to be able to help for a while because of her knee.


-t - Jan 02, 2020 8:19:11 am PST #15238 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I think as long as you were clear from the beginning that you wanted both services it would probably be possible to combine them, much depending on how involved each one is. Hiring a babysitter and then just expecting them to clean would be unreasonable. Or vice versa. And it would depend on how demanding each part of it actually turns out to be - I can imagine ltc being all anyone could handle some days

Person who has emailed me 6 times in 20 minutes to get me to do something I have already done needs to chill.

I really want some coffee but I am pretty sure I should have some food first. Going to try buttered noodles, I think.


Jesse - Jan 02, 2020 8:30:14 am PST #15239 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I think as long as you were clear from the beginning that you wanted both services it would probably be possible to combine them, much depending on how involved each one is.

Speaking as a person who has never hired someone for either of those things (but who has been hired for one of them...), that sounds right to me!


Jessica - Jan 02, 2020 8:38:34 am PST #15240 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

is it unreasonable to think I could find someone to both babysit and help with some housework?

Nope, not at all. Nearly every sitter I've ever had has offered to clean my house for a little extra $$. (And stuff like "clean up the kitchen after you make dinner for the kids" is included in the sitter job description.)


DebetEsse - Jan 02, 2020 9:22:43 am PST #15241 of 30019
Woe to the fucking wicked.

sj, you might also think about whether or not you want to be able to generally be out of the house during that time. We have a "mother's helper" who is lead on childcare while she's here, but Dad and/or I are also around, so she doesn't have to be able to deal with emergencies, etc. Those kind of jobs can easily also have "help around the house" folded into them.

In general, I think what others have said is right. As long as you're clear on what the job entails from the outset, it seems reasonable to me.


Theodosia - Jan 02, 2020 10:00:44 am PST #15242 of 30019
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Went home an hour early -- I really had a Bad Sleep Night. It also wasn't at all busy, literally all I did was get a computer desktop set up correctly for my own use and take around not even two dozen packages that got delivered.


sj - Jan 02, 2020 10:06:23 am PST #15243 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Thanks, everyone. I wasn't thinking of having someone do both things at once necessarily. I was thinking more along then lines of having someone who could wash the floors or clean up the kitchen while ltc is at school and then watch ltc for a couple of hours while I either do errands or do something in another part of the house and only occasionally be interrupted to help me carry a load of laundry etc.


-t - Jan 02, 2020 11:05:13 am PST #15244 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That's totally a thing people do