I am entertaining

I AM entertaining. Quite. Well, I have people over (though I am pretty fun to talk to too). My friend has two of her cousins over for a few days, one guy and one girl, so naturally she has the guy stay over at my place. Not that I mind. Her cousins are interesting people and I am always glad to talk to anyone. The only bad thing is that I have to make my place presentable for company.

Now, I am not that messy a person, and I do not hate cleaning that much. I don't mind doing it every once in a while. Lately though, it seems like people are visiting every weekend, be it her cousins, her parents, my roommate's family, etc. It used to take me a long time to clean up. Since I've had to do it so much I have gotten a lot more efficient out of necessity. I don't have the time to lose on spending hour after hour cleaning every week. Now I have gotten to the point where I can clean the entire place from top to bottom in about 40 minutes. I live up on Hilltop, so I have a little bit more to do than most people in dorms. It takes me 15 minutes to do the dishes, 10 minutes to clean the room in general, 5 minutes to clean the bathroom, 5 mintues to clean the kitchen, and 5 minutes to vacuum everything. Quite quick, if I do say so myself.

There's also a certain way I have to start acting when company is over. None of them know just how weird I am, and I prefer to keep it that way. I have to act like a normal person and be polite and make small talk and stuff. It's soooo hard. Anyway, here are some tips on entertaining company. Actually, there is only one tip. Appearance is everything. People will only be visiting for a couple of days, max, so everything they think is based on brief impressions and appearances. Having a tidy place and acting nice is all that matters. Doing that will make them leave with a good impression. It doesn't matter if you just swept all the dust and crumbs and radom pieces of trash under the rug as long as they never see it.

This is one reason I have gotten able to clean so quickly. I have learned exactly what needs to be done to maximize appearance with minimum effort. For instance, with cups, I line them all up in neat rows with the nice, clean cups in front. The ones that are kind of cloudy and have weird rings go in the back where no guest will ever see them. Kitchen trash is swept under the fridge. Everything that could be trash but might not be is not worth thinking about. It all goes into a drawer. Basically you just do everything possible to get things out of sight as fast as you can. Do this and everyone wins. You get free time, while your guests end up thinking you are a very nice and neat individual.