Home is where the pants are

[listersgirl]

I'm officially tired of housesitting. I want my own bed back, not to mention clothing other than the suitcase-full I took with me. Also, I still can't find a broom, and I'm not entirely sure how to get the cat litter off the floor. Plus I'm really busy this weekend, and it would all be much easier if I weren't going back and forth between two places. I just have to make it until Monday, though, and Squishy didn't wake me up this morning*, so it's not too painful.

Has anyone done any housesitting? How much cleaning should I be doing? I'm going to clean the bathroom (ie. get the cat litter off the floor somehow, clean my hair out of the sink, that sort of thing) and the kitchen, but should I wash the sheets? I'm not really sure there's much point, since I'd have to use them again after I washed them, but I'm not sure. What would you expect if someone were staying at your place?

Speaking of cleaning, I'm having belated spring cleaning urges. I attribute this to the fact that I'm not at home, and therefore have no responsibility to act on them. I'm sure by the time I get home for good, any inclination I have to dust will have faded away, to be replaced by the urge to sit and do nothing.

*Actually she did, if you count 2:30 am as morning, but it was a nice change from the normal 5 am wake-up call, other than the fact that for a few minutes I thought that meant I was going to have to get up soon, and I couldn't figure out why it felt like I had just gone to bed.

Comments

[bruiseblue.livejournal.com]

I'd say clean up anything that's your mess, make sure the dishes are done and there arent' any mysteries in the 'fridge, and remove the sheets you used and replace them with clean ones - put yours in the laundry basket. That's the ettiquette for a houseguest.

You're doing them a favour, by catsitting, so don't worry too much about cleaning extensively. Just tidy up after yourself and the cat, I'd say.

I used to babysit for weeks and weekends, and most people were pleased by just that much. They didn't want to come home to jelly crumbs and a wrecked house, but neither did they expect laundry done and toilets cleaned. :)

[listersgirl]

Oh, I like that - if I put mine in the laundry basket, it's obvious that the ones on the bed are clean. Smart!

[starfishchick]

I just got here, so it's clearly too late, but I would have washed the sheets (or put fresh ones on and left the dirty ones in the laundry) and left a note so they knew they were clean.

:)

[listersgirl]

I put fresh sheets on, and threw my towels and sheets in the laundry basket. I was thinking about washing them, but in the end I completely ran out of time, anyway. The new sheets are a completely different colour, so I assume they'll notice that they're new (although leaving a note would have been the smart thing to do).