Housekeeper Diaries Part III

I'm not sure if the work on our home in Kinshasa will every be complete, but that's all part of the excitement we get to experience here. During the week, I asked my Aimee (our housekeeper), to clean the curtain rails and hang up our new curtains in the dining room. She had to use a ladder, which has been made use of by every contractor that comes to work on our home. Of both the companies, that we use, neither of them have any tools, including hammers, screw drivers etc, and they make the biggest mess, and never clean up after they have left, be it inside or outside.

I was busy with my French lesson on the verandah, when we realised poor Aimee, had taken a tumble. We both ran to her aid as she was sprawled flat on the floor, and the ladder had split in two. She had a really bad gash to her leg, and said her knee was paining. We pulled her to the side, and I called Paul, who is very good at First Aid, luckily his office is only 2 minutes away. He cleaned her up, and Lepauld took her home. The next day, she went to hospital where they gave her a tetanus injection and changed the wound. She has been booked off until Monday, where she goes for another check-up on her wound.

To top it all off, we have a house guest, and 2 extra dogs, which really makes the house look that extra untidy! Well today, Paul put our curtains up, which look stunning, but oops, I just heard a crash, oh no, apparently a bottle of red wine that was on top of our wine cabinet, dropped off and spilled onto the new curtains. Well, I'm too afraid to go and look at the damage. Do you think these curtians may be cursed.....