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a cleaning crew had come in after the Smith’s had moved out, but she said something about prior renter’s dust needing to be cleaned up.”
    He looked a little puzzled, but he would soon learn that Kathryn was a clean freak.  Her super powers were that she could see invisible germs and dust that no one else was capable of seeing.  According to her, anyway.  He would get used to it. 
    “That’s my Kathryn,” I said and then went in to see what progress had been made.
    “Okay, so, who is getting the bedroom to themselves?” I asked.  Jillian was sitting on the kitchen counter with a box of cookies in hand.  “Why are you on the counter?”
    “No chairs,” she said before stuffing another cookie into her mouth. 
    Good point. 
    “I get the bedroom to myself,” Kathryn said, coming in from the bathroom with yellow rubber gloves and goggles on.
    “Why? And are you doing some kind of excavation in there that you need eye protection?” I asked.
    “Cleaning in a bathroom without proper protection is dangerous,” she said. “And you know I have a thing about germs.  Not that I’m trying to say anything negative about either of you, but if I have to sleep in the same room with one of you, I would be exposed to germs.  Lots of them.”
    If I hadn’t known Kathryn for years, I would have been offended by that.  But I knew she had a thing about germs, and why argue about someone’s craziness?  It wouldn’t get me anywhere.  But darn it, I wanted that single room to myself, even if it was really tiny.  I was a light sleeper.  And Jillian snored.
    “Maybe we should toss a coin,” I said brightly. 
    “That would be fair,” Jillian said, upending the now empty box into her mouth in order to get the last crumbs. 
    “Well, it would be I guess, but here’s the thing.  Which one of you wants to sleep in the same room with me with my air purifiers?  We would have to have strict cleaning rules, you both know that.  No more eating in bed,” she said looking pointedly at Jillian.
    She was right.  We would spend the night cleaning before being allowed to go to bed.
    “Okay, you win the small bedroom,” I said.
    “Thanks,” she said and smiled.
    Anything to make your day, I thought.
    “Coming through,” Matt said, holding the end of my sofa with Billy on the other end.  “Where do you want it?
    To be honest, the new living room was rather small and there weren’t many choices.
    “Let’s see, let’s try it here in the center with one end right here,” Kathryn said, making a motion with her hand.
    The guys brought the sofa over, angled it like she wanted, and set it down.
    “Oh, you know, on second thought, how about over here next to the wall?” she said.
    The guys picked up the sofa and moved it.
    “Oh, I don’t like that at all.  The armchair would have to be off at an angle.  How about move it over here at the other end of the room?” she said, marching over to where she wanted it.
    The guys picked up the couch, moved it to the other end of the room, and set it down.
    “Oh, I don’t know,” she said, her brows furrowed in thought.
    This could go on all day.  “How about we just leave it there for now and we can rearrange things later?” I suggested.
    “Yes, but we have all this muscle right now.  I’d hate to see it go to waste,” she said with a smile.
    “We have a lot more to unload. Why don’t we leave it here and I will be right next door if you need help rearranging it later,” Matt offered. He really sounded much nicer than I would have if I were expected to move a rather large, heavy sofa from place to place. 
     
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    It took nearly three hours to get the truck unloaded and unfortunately that wasn’t everything out of my apartment.  We sat out on the front steps drinking a soda and enjoying the afternoon.  Summer would be here soon and it was nice to just sit and enjoy the cooler breeze while it lasted.
    “So have you had any leads on jobs?” I asked