anyway i got home at 3:10 and then immediately found that my house was *stinky* and the pet sitter didn't do things that should have been obvious to do, and in texting it seems that he didn't do things because I didn't specifically tell him to do them (even though one of them was a thing I definitely told him to do)
I am disappointed, especially with how much he cost >:|
Every 'gig economy' pet sitter I've hired has turned out this way, so I guess next time I travel I should just get the neighbor kids to do it
anyway gotta figure out where this fucking Aroma is coming from. the sitter claims that my home smelled like this the whole time but it definitely didn't smell this way when I left.
it's a very *familiar* smell but I can't quite place it.
also I really should have taken pictures of the mess left because he claimed that it was just a little left-over food from last night's meal on the plate but there were definitely, like, three cans' worth of rotting cat food in a pile
I'm guessing this smell is the stench of rotting cat food and it'll just subside over the next couple days, I hope. It's only in the dining and living room and not in any other part of my house.
but also like. he didn't take in any mail, because apparently I never asked him to do it, but like, I'm pretty sure I did, and even if I didn't, isn't that just like. standard practice for someone housesitting for a week? it should be fucking obvious to do?
fortunately I didn't have any important mail, just a bunch of spam. but still.
oh and I did actually ask him to bring in my trash bin from the street but it was still sitting on the curb when I got here, which was my first sign that something was amiss.
not a big deal, but, y'know. lack of attention to basic details. I should have probably at least reminded him of that on Thursday though.
anyway I'm fucking exhausted but I don't want to take a nap right now so I guess I'll finally install the new shop lights in my basement or something idk
I just wonder what the fuck he was doing with the 30 minutes per visit, two visits per day, for the past week
oh also some of my plants are dead and like, yeah ,maybe I didn't remember to ask him to do it specifically but shouldn't it be obvious? I didn't also hire a plant sitter
ok fiona wants more laptime so I guess that'll be my life for the rest of the day
anyway yeah having cleaned off the disgusting overcrusted food plate and turning up my air filter has gotten rid of the stench, or maybe I'm just used to the smell again and it always was here like the dude insists but I don't think that's actually true.
hmm no I'm still getting random whiffs when I go to different parts of my living room. maybe just pockets of stale air though?