Housekeeping!!

You know, I don't believe you ever fully appreciate that musical sound until you have to live in a hotel for an extended period of time with small children. In high school, we used to make fun of that statement. Later, I never really thought about it. But today, I left with the kids to make use of the laundry facilities (which are INCREDIBLY cool, by the way! They have the front loading washing machines, so that kept the kids happily occupied for half an hour watching the spinning clothes and soap suds come and go. It was so much fun!)--and I came back an hour later to hear the dishwasher running, the sink clean, the bathrooms cleaned and tidied, new soap and shampoo in the complimentary baskets, beds made, table cleared, books straightened--HEAVEN!!! As cheesy as this sounds, I walked in and honestly teared up! Ha! What a fantastic thing to have it all done. I did straighten up this morning, just so you don't think the place was a disaster when the maid service came in, but oh it was just even better than before and took such a weight off my shoulders. If this is what it will be like to have a full-time housekeeper, then I am sold!! I'll take it!!