I got a maid. Now, those of you who don't live in Doha, don't think I'm odd. I'm actually one of the last of my friends to get one. To be honest, I felt kind of odd for not having one - especially in my compound (neighborhood) where it seems as though every house has a live-in maid. Mine is only coming once a week for four hours - if she wasn't scared off from cleaning our master bathtub. (My excuse on that one was that I just had a baby but I guess I can't use that anymore since he is almost 10 months old!)
I've actually wanted to have someone come clean ever since we moved here. The dust that creeps into the house is just so hard to keep up with. Add to that two children, three cats, a messy husband and my laziness, things were just not getting the deep cleaning they needed. (Ooh, I hear she is in the kitchen now which means she is coming to an end for the day.) I feel a little weird though - the kids are both napping, I am wasting time on the computer and someone else is cleaning my house. Isn't that my job since I am staying at home? Well, I really want to put all my energy into my kids. That's my rationale and I'm sticking to it! Oh, Levi just woke up...now I can feel productive even when someone else is cleaning my house.
