{"id":10,"date":"2008-08-12T16:28:57","date_gmt":"2008-08-12T15:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paradise-in-portugal.com\/blog\/?p=10"},"modified":"2008-08-12T16:28:57","modified_gmt":"2008-08-12T15:28:57","slug":"working-at-the-quinta-by-mel-midegs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paradise-in-portugal.com\/blog\/?p=10","title":{"rendered":"Working at the Quinta by Mel Midegs"},"content":{"rendered":"
Cock-a-doodle-dooo!<\/div>\n
Ahhh \u2026.. one eye opens, closes again<\/div>\n
Roll over<\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n
\u201cBom dia! Como esta?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cEstou cansada.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cQue linda dia!\u201d<\/div>\n
Bang! Kettles ready, can hear the whistle \u2026.<\/div>\n
Eieh! \u2026. Up-and-adams<\/div>\n
Shower \u2026<\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n
Wash, brush, take a deep breath<\/div>\n
\u201cMelanie?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cSim!\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cCan you help me please?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n
Caf\u00e9<\/div>\n
Sweet caf\u00e9 \u2026. Ahhh, breathe again \u2026. Now, let\u2019s go!<\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n
Clear the table, clean the dishes<\/div>\n
Jump in the roof, eeeek!<\/div>\n
Stock the bar, sweep the floor<\/div>\n
And pause \u2026. To polish.<\/div>\n
Set the table, do the butter, water, bread<\/div>\n
Hot in the kitchen. Do the dishes,<\/div>\n
Sweat running down my back.<\/div>\n
Run in, out, in, out, in, out, in, out,<\/div>\n
\u201cMelanie?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cSim!\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cCan you help me?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n
Gong, gong, gong, gong, goooooonnnnnngggggg!<\/div>\n
Wow! That was loud!<\/div>\n
Lunch is on!<\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n
Clear the table, clean the dishes,<\/div>\n
Go to the compost,<\/div>\n
Feed the chickensand ducks.<\/div>\n
Hot in the kitchen, clean the dishes<\/div>\n
Sweat runs down my back and legs.<\/div>\n
Run in, out, in, out, in, out, in, out,<\/div>\n
Sweep the floor, then comes the mop<\/div>\n
And pause \u2026. To siesta.<\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n
Siesta!<\/div>\n
Sleep \u2026.. read \u2026.. Swim \u2026. Sun \u2026.. Stop \u2026. Breathe<\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n
And then \u2026. Polish<\/div>\n
Move the tables, set the places,<\/div>\n
Turn on the sprinklers<\/div>\n
Do the butter, water and bread<\/div>\n
\u201cMelanie?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cSim!\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cCan you help me?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n
Cut the veggies, do the dishes<\/div>\n
\u201cWant a drink? Ros\u00e9? Beer?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cMolly, stop barking!\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWhat? 15 people instead of 12?!\u201d<\/div>\n
Move the tables, re-set the places.<\/div>\n
Aaagh \u2013 change the sprinklers \u2026. Shit!<\/div>\n
Run through mud, water down my back \u2026. Nice,<\/div>\n
Quick it\u2019s ready, bang the Gong \u2026.<\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n
Gong, gong, gong, gong, goooooonnnnnngggggg!<\/div>\n
Wow! That was loud!<\/div>\n
Dinner is on!<\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n
And out with the plates, in with the plates<\/div>\n
Clean the plates<\/div>\n
Out with the plates, in with the plates<\/div>\n
Clean the plates \u2026.. and don\u2019t forget the bread and butter<\/div>\n
Beep beep beep \u2026 \u201cWe need some water\u201d<\/div>\n
And out with the plates in with the plates<\/div>\n
Don\u2019t clean plates \u2013 just eat!<\/div>\n
Yuuuum! \u2026 oh, shit, the sprinklers!<\/div>\n
Run through the mud in the dark, water in the face \u2026 great!<\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n
\u201cMelanie?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cSim!\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cCan you help me?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n
And clean the plates, put away plates<\/div>\n
Set up toast, cornflakes, muesli and breakfast dishes<\/div>\n
Don\u2019t forget the coffee!<\/div>\n
Wash the dishes, dry the dishes<\/div>\n
Sweep the floor, out comes the mop<\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n
Ready to drop<\/div>\n
Where\u2019s my beer?<\/div>\n
I\u2019m outa here, it\u2019s 10 pm<\/div>\n
Ready to do it all again \u2026.<\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n
Tomorrow.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cock-a-doodle-dooo! Ahhh \u2026.. one eye opens, closes again Roll over \u00a0 \u201cBom dia! Como esta?\u201d \u201cEstou cansada.\u201d \u201cQue linda dia!\u201d Bang! Kettles ready, can hear the whistle \u2026. Eieh! \u2026. Up-and-adams Shower \u2026 \u00a0 Wash, brush, take a deep breath \u201cMelanie?\u201d \u201cSim!\u201d \u201cCan you help me please?\u201d \u00a0 Caf\u00e9 Sweet caf\u00e9 \u2026. Ahhh, breathe again […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paradise-in-portugal.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paradise-in-portugal.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paradise-in-portugal.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paradise-in-portugal.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paradise-in-portugal.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paradise-in-portugal.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paradise-in-portugal.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paradise-in-portugal.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paradise-in-portugal.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}