To maid or not to maid

Complained to my cousin, Agnes, yesterday over email about my incapability to keep my house clean. I know, I know.. I have complained before when I first moved out but this is a chronic problem and I think after trying hard for the last 3 months, I deserve another opportunity to whine.. :P

When we reached home yesterday, and freshly inspired by Agnes with her daily cleaning routine, I started to bug Yong to mop the floor together. When normally obliging Yong declined since we are really exhausted for the day, I started to re-think about hiring the weekend cleaner.

Agnes advised to put aside an hour everyday to clean a portion of the house and do the major cleaning stuff over the weekend. I know these are sound advice cos god knows how fast the house gets dusty! What is up with the air these days..? During one of those really busy weekends, we did not clean the house for 1-2 weeks and I tell you, the layers of dust everywhere is just GROSS! Just thinking about sitting on dusty toilet bowls makes my butt itch.. So I made a pact with Yong that we CANNOT leave the house uncleaned more than a week cos it is just disgusting.

So to hire weekend maid or not? I really do not have the discipline to do what Agnes does. Sometime we just plonk ourselves in front of the TV and ignore each other for the night cos we are just too exhausted at the end of the day. I visited one of my best friend's place over the CNY and she just hired a live-in maid since she had a new baby recently. The new maid is really good and I can tell they do have better quality life, more time with each other and baby.

Having said that, I really do not like to sit at home and stare at someone else doing the house chores. My best friend felt weird and strangely guilty to let the maid do everything and I totally understand what she is saying. It is liked making someone else do your homework. Hee.. okay, bad analogy..

Anyhow I need more time to ponder about this. Perhaps I just need to do abit more time management to fit in the cleaning chores. Gee... can't believe I am obsessing about the frequency of doing housechores... The changes you go through becoming a Mrs..

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