I did not make it to the gym this morning....HOWEVER, I cleaned a house. Not my house, mind you. My house is reminds me of the 'pit of despair' (just down the road from the 'cliffs of insanity' - right?!), which is one reason I clean other people's houses. I know it's clean, and once I'm gone they can dirty it up however they want. My house - HA - as soon as I get my house somewhat clean, I turn around and my children have decided to play with every toy they own - SIMULTANEOUSLY!
Anyway, I cleaned a 3 bedroom, 2 bath home this morning - all tile/hardwood, no carpet. That's A LOT of mopping. PLUS, they have 4 dogs and a cat, so the amount of animal hair I sweep up is ENORMOUS. This particular client pays me to come every other week, but the amount of animal hair is still gi-normous.
It takes me about two hours to clean that particular house, provided I don't chat too much with my client's home-schooled teenage daughter (who also babysits for us from time to time).
I have NO IDEA how cleaning compares with a cardio workout, but let me tell you, scrubbing showers and mopping 1500 square feet of flooring got me sweating!
My husband works tonight and tomorrow morning, so I'll get to the gym after I get the girls off to school tomorrow before I clean my Thursday house (2 bedroom, 1 bath - also no carpet, and I also do this client's laundry).
I guess I'm done writing for the moment - I'd better feed my kids before they try to eat ME for dinner!
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