So is your house all clean?
7493
Mostly. It’s not enormous so it doesn’t take long. Yours?
Me
Mostly but for different reasons. It’s a big house and I’m one person. I only live in like three rooms and I have a cleaner that comes in every few days.
7493
Nice.
Me
I once read that life is really short and we spend so much of it fulfilling demands that we have to do—like work, which takes up a lot of your week. Then we spend a lot of time cooking in the evenings when we get home. Then we spend weekends cleaning and catching up on chores that we were too tired to do during the week or just didn’t have time. This was all in reference to a regular 9-5 job, of course. But the point of the article was that if you have the means to afford someone to do the time-consuming chores for you, then you should do it, so you have time for yourself. Whether it’s self-care or adventures, time with family or friends. Whatever it is. Otherwise, what do you have to show for your life by the end?
I look at the text and wince. Fuck that was long.
Me
Sorry. Didn’t mean to rant.
7493
Not a rant at all. I never thought of it like that. I actually really love that.
Me
Does that mean I’ve convinced you to get a cleaner?
7493
Haha no. I have a studio apartment. It’s truly unnecessary. It never gets that messy nor takes me a long time to clean. The tank is the longest chore but I only need to do that once every month to six weeks, depending on how much daylight the tank receives.
Me
Why does that matter?
7493
More daylight means more algae growth. My sucker fish is only one fish so while he keeps up pretty well, if it receives too much light, the algae gets a little overwhelming for him.
Me
Can’t you just move your tank?
7493
Dude, that thing is almost 3,000 pounds. I had to get the floors reinforced. Before I even moved in, I had an engineer come in and make sure that the tank wouldn’t fall through the floor!
My eyes widen. Fuck.
Me
Well, damn.
7493
