Arrival/Immersion
• Arrive between 12-5pm
• Do not expect to be picked up at airport / train station / harbor
• Do not surprise parents (Dad’s heart condition)
• Bring arrival gifts
• Prepare to cook (daily)
• Prepare to clean (daily)
• Prepare conversations, no awkward silences
• If failing classes: talk about job
• If unemployed: lie about job
• No books: conversation killers
• Do not bring unexpected guest
Supervision
• No friends at home without adult present
• No visit to friend’s without parental supervision
• If parents don’t know friend, they need name, address, phone number (A/S/L)
• If parents feel excluded from social life, parents will demand compensation
• Parents are allowed in bedroom at any time. It’s parents’ exercise room now.
Bedroom
• Keep all personal items in bedroom and keep neat
• Pick up after self: school supplies, clothes, chargers
• No food in bedroom
• Bed must be made by 9 am.
• Do homework in bedroom
• Do homework before any TV
Bathroom
• Ten minutes allowed in bathroom in morning
• If need more time, wake up earlier
• Put toilet seat back down (Dad pees sitting down)
• If finish toilet paper, buy more
• Make sure toilet flushes
• If toilet clogged, deal with it and don’t tell Mom
• If plunger missing, lock self in bathroom, go out bathroom window, buy new plunger
• If can’t unclog, lock self in bathroom until figure it out
• Bring own bath towel
• Use own bath towel
• Keep towel on hook in bedroom
House
• Breakfast before leaving house
• Do own laundry
• Laundry: Whites (Mon/Wed/Fri) Darks (Tues/Thurs/Sat)
• Do laundry between 9am – 5pm.
• Vacuum (Mon/Tues/Fri)
• Mop (Tues/Thurs/Sat)
• Vac + Mop (Sunday)
• Refresh George’s litter box (twice daily)
• Dishwasher load (daily)
• Dishwasher unload (daily)
• Take out trash and recycling (daily)
• Trash and recycling (Friday mornings)
Seasonal
Winter
• Plow driveway
• Shovel sidewalk
• If heavy snow, buy snow blower
Summer
• Mow, trim, weed lawn (daily)
• Vacuum Pool (twice daily)
Fall
• Rake leaves
• Carve (2+) pumpkins
• Buy Candy for trick-or-treaters
Transportation
• If need ride, pay for gas
• If use car, fill gas after drive
• Wash car (carwash on 3rd street)
• If going somewhere, bring parents
• If need to leave and not come back, just go
• Don’t come back
Jeremy Scheuer 