Amanda the Great by Amanda El-Dweek for May 17, 2019

Presentable is relative. I married a wildlife veterinarian. You get clean sheets, but keep your bedroom door shut or you could find a ‘disabled’ grey fox in your bed.

This is a good time for Dan to show you how well he can clean a house.

Be as blasé as you want now, but you know right before they come, you are going to be in total panic. Just do a little bit every day to get ready for them.

I think there’s something wrong with me. I’ve never in my adult life cleaned the house specially for visitors. Sheets are in the linen closet, they were clean when i put them there, isn’t that good enough? I’ll wash them again when people leave.

What else needs doing?

Today’s strip reminds me so much of myself. Your comments, not Dan’s.

Geez, my mom would put baskets next to the guest beds, (and mine) filled with nice things like tissues, toothbrush and paste, flashlight, pen and notepad, etc, so I did the same for her and for friends.

The cleaning, not so much. Dust, and throw everything but the cats into drawers and closets.