Oct. 17th, 2003

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Cleaning, then - today I have, so far, cleaned the entire bathroom, except for washing the floor. I haven't washed the floor because I have to clean the kitchen first and then wash both floors together. What I did do was clean the windowsill, both mirrors, the bath (need to get some special spray-on-wipe-off bathcleaner; arms ache), the door, the tiles, the sink and the toilet. It took 35 minutes. I didn't time the bath seperately, but I bet if I had spray-on-wipe-off cleaner, it would knock the total down to 20 minutes. The bathroom, you see, is so small that it never needs to be tidied before cleaning. I wish I knew where to get more Ecover products; all my current supplier stocks is laundry detergent, washing up liquid, and toilet cleaner.

And as to health - my adorable midwife called, because she's wonderful, and told me that my blood tests are back and that I am immune to rubella. Oh, and I am also free from Hep C, Syphilis, and HIV, but I was pretty sure of those. She also told me that she has written to the consultant to see whether they need to speak to me about my history of depression. It's quite reassuring to know that someone will be keeping an eye on me from a distance, in case I miss the symptoms because the hormones make them sufficiently different.

And cleaning again - I'm drinking tea right now, because I am going to tidy the kitchen in chunks before cleaning it. I don't count tidying-time as cleaning-time, since washing up should in theory happen every day. Luckily the dining room and library will be a doddle.

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So my right arm is a bit sore now. You wouldn't have thought a little housework would hurt this much, but I suppose I usually would only do tidying or cleaning, and today I did quite a lot of both, for me. The bath was the real killer though.

Findings:

  • Bathroom, excluding floor: 35 minutes
  • Rear hallway, excluding floor: 5 minutes
  • Kitchen, excluding floor and oven: 45 minutes
  • Oven: 20 minutes
  • Washing the floor in the bathroom, rear hallway and kitchen: 15 minutes
  • Total time for the two most difficult rooms to clean: 2 hours
It became clear, as I was doing this, that the cleaners we were paying until last week have been skimping on the corners - the bits behind doors, between units etc. I may be quicker next week when I don't have so much build-up in awkward places.

Now I'm waiting for the floor to dry so that I can empty the bucket out the back and rinse it at the garden tap, and start clearing out the dining room and library. They shouldn't take long, because there's not to much to wash - just a little dusting and polishing, and then the vacuuming. Maybe Rob wll do the vacuuming, since he didn't do his share of the tidying. It depends on when he finishes work.

This division of labour deal is kind of awkward when one of you is pregnant, unemployed, and mildly disabled (RSI and a dust allergy). But we'll get it sorted, I'm sure.

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