http://butwhatnow.com/where-i-am-today/ For Every Ending There Is A New Beginning Sun, 02 Jan 2011 15:28:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://butwhatnow.com/where-i-am-today/#comment-11 Minerva Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:48:49 +0000 http://butwhatnow.com/44/where-i-am-today/#comment-11 I feel that way cleaning my new apartment, lol. It is not that I dislike all manual labor: I like gardening, paddling (that can be a very hard work), even doing launry (providing it is outdoors) or - occassionally - preparing meals. But if cleaning needs to be done I usually cringe... and hire someone more competent. I will do it here, too. I came to Puerto Rico to have fun working at what I am good at and like doing, came to work in retirement, while they have a recession and about 14% unemployment. So I feel a bit guilty, even though by working I create jobs for Puerto Ricans - both directly and indirectly. But what better way to quell my guilt feeling than to hire someone to clean for me? I'll do it soon... but right now guests are coming and I have no time to interview any maids... so I think I know how you feel ;-) I feel that way cleaning my new apartment, lol. It is not that I dislike all manual labor: I like gardening, paddling (that can be a very hard work), even doing launry (providing it is outdoors) or – occassionally – preparing meals. But if cleaning needs to be done I usually cringe… and hire someone more competent. I will do it here, too. I came to Puerto Rico to have fun working at what I am good at and like doing, came to work in retirement, while they have a recession and about 14% unemployment. So I feel a bit guilty, even though by working I create jobs for Puerto Ricans – both directly and indirectly.
But what better way to quell my guilt feeling than to hire someone to clean for me? I’ll do it soon… but right now guests are coming and I have no time to interview any maids… so I think I know how you feel

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