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The Christmas vacation post is in the works, I think I will get it up this weekend. But in the meantime, this:
Our maid phoned the other night to ask us to, "Please be keeping the door closed, madam, because there is a snake in your garden." !!!
Of course my first question was, what kind of snake?! There are cobras all over this place. But she assured me it was just a little snake and that she would tend to it the next day.
My lame response: "Ok, well, please be careful."
I was already feeling pretty bad, putting this woman in harm's way, but the next day I got this note:
Thank you mam. Ok mam. Today my birthday. Fridge inside I put some cake. Please take it mam.
Sure enough, there was a full-on birthday cake in the fridge, frosted, decorated, the works.
And she cleans our house top to bottom five times a week.
I love her.