I need at least 24-hours' notice before people come to visit, so that I can get things in order.
I'm the exact same way. I try to keep some semblance of order in case someone drops by, but for entertaining, I need at least 24 hours notice.
Once, when we lived in IL, my mother-in-law called Thursday morning and said she and my f-i-l were arriving Friday night. That may seem like the requisite 24 hrs., but Mr. Sun and I both worked third shift and she was calling in the middle of our 'night'. How was I supposed to clean, shop for food, go to work all night, and rest? So I muttered, "She calls on Thursday?!?!?" and she heard me through the phone. She hung up because I made her cry. I felt bad, but dude - a little notice. They stayed with friends.
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I'm the exact same way. I try to keep some semblance of order in case someone drops by, but for entertaining, I need at least 24 hours notice.
Once, when we lived in IL, my mother-in-law called Thursday morning and said she and my f-i-l were arriving Friday night. That may seem like the requisite 24 hrs., but Mr. Sun and I both worked third shift and she was calling in the middle of our 'night'. How was I supposed to clean, shop for food, go to work all night, and rest? So I muttered, "She calls on Thursday?!?!?" and she heard me through the phone. She hung up because I made her cry. I felt bad, but dude - a little notice. They stayed with friends.