Why is it that we work ourselves to a frenzy, neither eating nor sleeping, solely to impress people who don't really care what your place looks like and are just glad to be seeing you.
Yes they really don't care, well except maybe to gossip to the family... but really, it's not like everyone else doesn't know how you usually keep your domicile.
Be honest, your close relatives have already warned them about the unusual things you keep in the fridge, or that your a week behind on laundry, (Always!) They have already talked about the piles of books in the bookshelves that haven't been dusted off since you bought them (decades ago) and put them there with full intentions of reading them, as you're still waiting for the right moment or mood. ;P
So why frazzle yourself to a thin piece of thread while you can just work on the important stuff like the bathroom and kitchen, then vacuuming... As long as they have clean sheets and towels, and you have enough good quality groceries to feed them (as well as clean plates), then they will be right as rain and totally happy to just go out and chill with you, which is what they came here to do.
Yes, don't be like me, who went on a three day lets clean everything in sight and still go to work, and only eat when the stomach complains with a volcanic earth-quaking sort of pain, and sleep only the required 4 hours a day but not exactly consecutively, sort of manic and neurotic binge of getting everything done all at once, before anyone complains about anything! As I know, this way will only lead to ruin and a happy reunion followed by you fainting on your bed and them wondering what kind of short-lived whirlwind you are, as they invent something to do while you snore horribly.
After all that prep, they'll just start the gossip about how you sleep too much because your life is incredibly boring, instead of how you were so excited that you wouldn't let them get a moment of rest and talked all night because you missed them. (Unless like my family, they live in another time-zone and are so tired themselves that they appreciate the early night. I know I'm a lucky bastard, lol!)
Remember, it's very important that they get some time with you, especially that first night which will set a tone before the rest of the week starts to zoom by...
My suggestion, get started on cleaning a month before (or earlier) that way you have plenty of time just to clean the main stuff as all the little details like wiping the baseboards was done last week... but then again that is not the way of a procrastinator. ;-P
~ Your Pal A.L.
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