Cleaning on Hold
I was all set to launch Green Clean. I had my flier campaign all ready to print out. And then I got offered another opportunity, which I will start tomorrow under tentative agreement, and which I am a little unsure about.
A friend called me last Thursday to ask me about my interest in the situation. See, she is acquainted with an elderly couple, both retired historians in their 80's. The wife had a fall recently and now they are looking for a full-time person to basically be with her, take her to the beauty shop when she's well enough, and maybe for lunch at her favorite place every day or so. I thought it sounded pretty good, so I went to talk it over with the couple this past Saturday.
They are delightful. Both very interesting, and a house chock full of books. I mean three entire rooms lined floor-to-ceiling, and two of those rooms with 2 center aisles each full of books. No room for anything in those rooms except bookshelves. Whoa. And so interesting they both were. The husband has a strong NYC accent and the wife is also from the East. They have children in Boston and NYC both in what seem to be very reputable jobs. One thing they don't have, however, is family or community (from what I can tell) here in Norman to care for them.
After speaking to them, I'm a little unsure of what I'm getting into. Maybe I heard incorrectly, but it kind of sounds like they want me to be their dinner cook most nights, which don't get me wrong, is sort of a dream job because I love to cook, and Sam could just come over at dinner time every night. But, I'm a little afraid that Jessie may have hit the nail on the head saying that maybe this fall was an excuse for them to get a caretaker, and as Wade said, it seems perhaps a prime opportunity for a young caring person to be taken advantage of. The thing is they are both in their mid 80's and well... maybe not across the board, but that's about the point that you need to have a contingency plan because the list of things that you can do for yourself starts to shorten sometimes rapidly. And... from what I can tell there isn't a very strong contingency plan in place for this couple.
But, I agreed to the week, at least, since they are a little desparate at the moment. I'm more than a little nervous, but also excited at the prospect of these thoroughly interesting friendships. We'll see what happens.
A friend called me last Thursday to ask me about my interest in the situation. See, she is acquainted with an elderly couple, both retired historians in their 80's. The wife had a fall recently and now they are looking for a full-time person to basically be with her, take her to the beauty shop when she's well enough, and maybe for lunch at her favorite place every day or so. I thought it sounded pretty good, so I went to talk it over with the couple this past Saturday.
They are delightful. Both very interesting, and a house chock full of books. I mean three entire rooms lined floor-to-ceiling, and two of those rooms with 2 center aisles each full of books. No room for anything in those rooms except bookshelves. Whoa. And so interesting they both were. The husband has a strong NYC accent and the wife is also from the East. They have children in Boston and NYC both in what seem to be very reputable jobs. One thing they don't have, however, is family or community (from what I can tell) here in Norman to care for them.
After speaking to them, I'm a little unsure of what I'm getting into. Maybe I heard incorrectly, but it kind of sounds like they want me to be their dinner cook most nights, which don't get me wrong, is sort of a dream job because I love to cook, and Sam could just come over at dinner time every night. But, I'm a little afraid that Jessie may have hit the nail on the head saying that maybe this fall was an excuse for them to get a caretaker, and as Wade said, it seems perhaps a prime opportunity for a young caring person to be taken advantage of. The thing is they are both in their mid 80's and well... maybe not across the board, but that's about the point that you need to have a contingency plan because the list of things that you can do for yourself starts to shorten sometimes rapidly. And... from what I can tell there isn't a very strong contingency plan in place for this couple.
But, I agreed to the week, at least, since they are a little desparate at the moment. I'm more than a little nervous, but also excited at the prospect of these thoroughly interesting friendships. We'll see what happens.
posted by Laura Negus at 9:24 PM
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