Pre-cat sit clean

I was planning on coming to the Netherlands again. I had to book it a bit late; the reason why I would travel then and not at any other date was the annual family reunion. And first my uncle was a bit in denial about that he had volunteered to host it, and then he was a bit in two minds on which weekend he would do it. But he had decided, I had booked, and the next thing to do then is to sort out arrangements for the cat.

I put my trip on the trusted housesitter website. And then nothing happened! I figured I was going to have to do without and I already asked the neighbour, and Susan, and Chris. Chris is the colleague/fellow Eryri Harrier/fellow cat person in the neighbourhood I had already done cat sit duties for.

Then I got an application after all. And I video-called with the lady. She seemed nice! And we agreed she would take on the job. So I could call off the other people. But now I did have to make my house look acceptable. I am barely a domestic goddess! But there was suitable rainy weekend day, and I made the whole ground floor and lower floor look impeccable by my standards. I didn't quite get to the top floor! But on one side that's just the bedroom she wouldn't sleep in anyway, and on the other side it is the office. She might very well use the office, but I hope she can work in a room that hasn't been hoovered in a while.

Look! The plank some of my bathroom plants live on, without dust!

I did consider to have it done professionally, but decided against. I should probably just get used to doing more of this myself. And telling other people what to do also takes time. 

In the end, I was happy with the result. I hope the cat-sitter is too. Let’s hope this works out well again!