My Weekend - Cleaning Part 1

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So as I mentioned in a post earlier today, I was over at my dad's from Friday evening to Monday morning. That is a very long time for me and I go over there to take care of his dogs. Which really isn't that hard, I have to wake up absurdly early in the morning to feed them but I do and I let them outside occsionally during the day and give them treats during the day and then let them out in the evening and then repeat for the next day. Did I mention there are 6 of them? That is the challenge. 4 chihuahuas, 1 boxer, 1 black lab/boxer mix. So there is a lot of woofin' going on. And a lot of yippin' There are also a lot of messes that I have to clean up. But this weekend I decided to go the extra mile. I wanted to clean my dad's house. More importantly, I wanted to clean the walls because they were filthy! I don't think these walls have ever been cleaned, it isn't normal to clean your walls I guess unless you have kids. But ugh for years I have been dog sitting I have seen these walls and I hated it, so I had to do something. My reasons for doing so was, well to be a nice person and a kind daughter, everyone loves to come home to a clean house after a vacation, for the dog's health because some have bad allergies and that dust always in their faces doesn't help, and also I have that weird trypophobia (the fear of multipe holes and cracks) and every time I went into that hallway I would get sick because I hated seeing all of the cracks from the dirt. So I pulled out a bucket, got some water and dish soap, a wash rag, a few towels and went at it. I washed two hallways, one being the hallway to the bathroom which wasn't that bad but there was still a difference and the hallway in which the big dogs sleep in and also the hallway that gets the most traffic of the dogs because it is what leads it outside. That hallway to the outside was not easy to clean. It probably took I think 3 hours to clean it, using all my muscle power. But I did it. The picture is just showing one side of the hallway and I am so proud of my hard work. The dogs were sure happy and I just felt so good about doing it.