I'm also on my own and have a cleaning service come in every other week. They dust everything, vacuum and mop the floors, and clean the bathroom and kitchen. They don't do cat litter or beds or laundry. I do the rest, but really, since I'm on my own, I eat out a lot or just snack.
After my mom died, when I had her 3 elderly cats as well as my 2, I had my petsitter come in on weekdays to do a lunch feeding and give fluids to 2 of the cats. It felt extravagant, but it was so much easier than trying to come home at lunch myself. But I also had mom's estate to draw on. I don't know what I would've done otherwise.
We are currently shaking out how to divide chores. I cook and do the dishes. Matthew does the litter boxes and laundry. And the other stuff we are trying to decide how that is done.
I don't make dinner everynight. It's 7 by the time I get home so sometimes he will buy dinner or make a frozen pizza or something like that.
I probably should get someone to come by and do the dusting because I'm allergic to dust and therefore hate dusting but still need to dust. In order to do that, I need to get over the feeling that I can't justify the expense because I live in a one-bedroom apartment.
You are clearly an outlier in current society, Gud. Even you cannot do enough to really shift that average, though.
Gud is Spiders Georg!
Spiders Georg and all of its derivations are never not funny.
In order to do that, I need to get over the feeling that I can't justify the expense because I live in a one-bedroom apartment.
The expense should be proportional, right? Smaller space = less time = less money.
(I realize it's still an expense.)
I really need to hire a housekeeper, especially since we're not currently paying for a sitter, but my house is too messy to have someone in to clean.
I'm still trying to write this stupid thing, and just have to complain some more: My boss both told me that it should be written more like a newspaper article, and also suggested the phrase "innovative thought-leaders."
The frantic picking up stuff so the housekeeper has a chance effort is quite the project. But my floors would never be clean if she didn't come.
I'm sure there is a floor around here somewhere...
