Our Maids don’t like our Dogs

I slept at 3:30 am and woke-up at 6:30 am. Kung bakit naman when there’s no work, at saka ako hindi makatulog. At around 7 am, Edmund came home from walking or jogging around the village. He usually brings Twinkle and Jack but maybe not today because Twinkle just gave birth last Saturday or Sunday.

Twinkle’s babies are up for adoption. We have too many dogs already and our neighbors are complaining that they’re noisy.

I went down to the kitchen and scanned the newspaper.

No one would admit who broke my antique plate so I didn’t bother to ask.

Eto na yung tatlong bagong mga maids, aalis na daw sila. Why? Because they don’t like dogs. Kesyo mabaho daw at bumabaligtad ang sikmura nila.

Stitch pooed in the dining area and one of the maids, Leonor, picked up the tiny poo using tissue and newspaper. Then in 1 minute she said she wants to leave.

Leonor and Jesse are on their 3rd day, and Fe, supposedly the new kusinera, arrived yesterday morning. I paid P16,000 to the employment agency for their office fees and advanced salary for a week for the maids. Sayang lang ang pera ko.

Dogs mabaho— dog pee and poo of course don’t smell like Chanel. But our dogs are clean, bathed and shampooed few times a week. Before I hired Leonor, Jessie and Fe, I mentioned a few times that we have dogs and I asked them if they were afraid of dogs. We’re not so lucky when it comes to household helpers.

That’s Stitch, following me in the middle of the night.