/authors/emma/Recent content in Emma on Gromet's Plaza ArchiveHugoen-usFri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2013/06/14/my-garbage.-contents-you/Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2013/06/14/my-garbage.-contents-you/<p>Mmm, a little downer can worm its way into any mood, right? I mean I shouldn&rsquo;t complain - I&rsquo;ve just been promoted, I&rsquo;ve got the rest of today off, and I didn&rsquo;t hit a single red light on the way home&hellip; yet now I remember that this week&rsquo;s and last week&rsquo;s trash has gotta be hauled out for tomorrow. As I park up and take the white and brown papers from the mailbox at the end of the driveway I contemplate on my current lack of a big strong boyfriend. My last one had no problems with these sorts of yucky man-tasks, so long as he was reminded of them. Oh well. My key twists in the front door lock as I consider hiring a cleaner. Could I get away with paying some loser minimum wage for cleaning my house? It&rsquo;s only small&hellip;</p>