My friend and I have what I consider to be a mutually beneficial arrangement, whereby she comes to housesit our house and pets in the countryside for a couple of weeks at a time. She has a holiday away from the town, and we have relatively fuss free time away.
But every time she comes for a fortnight, it takes me another fortnight to restore the house to its usual level of organisation. I am not in any way anally tidy, but I do have certain things organised the way I like them. Like the kitchen and the airing cupboard. It takes three hours every time we get back to find everything in the kitchen and to put it back where it should go. There are cooking utensils in the cupboard with the plates, saucepans rammed any old how into the drawer so the drawer is virtually falling off its runners (there are only six of them and the all stack neatly three by three). All the cutlery is jumbled up, with things like tin openers in the with them instead of next to the stove. When we got back, there was a sheet on the table, and the tablecloths were all with the sheets, dotted all over the airing cupboard.
Her kids throw stones all over the lawn, break things willfully and leave sweets all over the house. I have to hide the sweet jar kept for rewards or difficult times, or they all disappear. Ditto any crisps or biscuits, which her children pinch without her knowledge.
I suspect I'm being a complete bitch about it, but this bugs me even more than the fact they left three days early, and we had to make remote alternative arrangements for the dog, chickens and guinea pigs. I think she is just a really really disorganised person, and tries very hard, but the overall effect is of a gremlin coming to stay. I rather like the old stick, but she drives me BONKERS!!!
Am I being unreasonable or not? I think I am.