Housekeeper

housekeeper My housekeeper Marie is idiosyncratic, funny, and kinda primitive. She comes for a small town in Paraguay called Rio Verde which literally means green river. She moved to Argentina when she was fourteen to get a job. She never finished High School and has no interest of going back to school. Her job is simple, she cleans the house, helps cooks the meals, washes the family's clothes, sometimes goes grocery shopping, and does other odds and ends as necessary. She sleeps in a very small room in the corner of the apartment. It does have its own bathroom, but she has very little personal space. Her day is simple. She wakes up, and makes breakfast for herself and everyone else. Then she does the dishes, and begins to clean the house. She starts with the kids rooms, makes her way to the master bedroom, then the bathrooms, and finally to the common rooms. Once the cleaning is done, and really while it is still going on, she watches telenovellas. She watches them during all of her free time. Sometimes I come home and she is watching them in my room. It is kinda odd, but mostly I just find it funny. I feel bad for her sometimes, because she is not allowed to eat meals with us. She always eats by herself, in the kitchen while everyone else eats in the dining room. I once asked her why she ate by herself and she said because my host mom won't let her eat at the table with us.
Maria loves cracking jokes when we spend time together. She also is not used to technology. She loves playing with my MP3 player and my computer. I showed her Skype the other day and she was really impressed. She thought my friend on the other end was super cute and asked if he was ever going to come to Argentina. He said you never know and that she should wait for him. I also showed her YOUTUBE so she could see all her favorite musical artists. We both like Calle 13 so we listen to him together on my computer while she watches telenovellas in my room. I asked her if she liked any artists from Paraguay and she said not really and that music from the United States was much better. Sometimes she sings when she is walking around the house. This is when I like her the best. I love my housekeeper.