Cleaning House

Apparently there are a few people who were under the impression that I was going to be "roughing it" in Africa. Well, that's not true in the first place, but I'm about to completely squash that rumor once and for all.

Nomhle (the Managing Director) had told me that Agnes, the cleaning lady at Lighthouse, would be coming into my flat today to clean. She asked me what I wanted her to do (since she doesn't speak a lot of English and Nomhle can speak to her in Tswana), and I wasn't really sure since I've been keeping my flat pretty clean. So I just told her whatever she would normally do was fine...she didn't need to do anything special.

I was thinking that she would probably vacuum and dust, maybe clean the bathroom, and that was great with me. But I cannot believe how much cleaning she ended up doing! She cleaned absolutely everything! She cleaned the whole bathroom, scrubbed the shower and the toilet, mopped the floors, vacuumed the carpet, washed the windows, took out the trash, and even cleaned the dishes in my sink. But there's more...she even washed and folded my dirty laundry for me! I couldn't believe it.

Now I officially feel spoiled. It was so nice of her, but I feel guilty that she did all that for me. Next time she comes I'm going to be much more specific: "Just vacuuming and dusting please!"