I house-sat/cat-sat once and I think I felt the same way you feel. At first it's kind of fun and exotic to live in somebody else's house (esp when it's nicer than yours) but then you want your own stuff and you wonder where things are and generally get a bit homesick. I ended up carting a lot of my stuff from home to the house-sitting place so that by the time the owner got back, I had to make several trips (on the bus). She also never thanked me, which pissed me off and made me swear never to do it again.
I did wash the sheets though, and I even bought her a "Welcome Home" balloon. And I tried to put everything back as it was when I got there and stuff. Still, she didn't thank me so I wonder if I was a terrible house-sitter/cat-sitter. Or if maybe she was just mean. Or distracted. Hmmmmm... .
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Date: 2004-05-28 08:17 am (UTC)I did wash the sheets though, and I even bought her a "Welcome Home" balloon. And I tried to put everything back as it was when I got there and stuff. Still, she didn't thank me so I wonder if I was a terrible house-sitter/cat-sitter. Or if maybe she was just mean. Or distracted. Hmmmmm... .
It's nice to come home to a clean house.