Cleaning Diva and the Chinese Workers

Yeah! The boys finally slept through the night, and they are back on a normal schedule. I am amazed that in less than a week they have adjusted to the new time zone. Today Dustin went to work for a full day, while the boys and I stayed at the apartment. We had workers coming to fix various issues that were not completed before we moved in, and a security team coming to check the apartment.
I began my day shifting back into the role of dishes (we have been eating out a lot previously--even before we came to China) and laundry (this was reaching a critical level) and continuing to try and put the house together. Thankfully, Josh slept a long time in the morning and I was able to get a fair amount started before all the workers arrived. I am not sure what I pictured for this morning, but it was insane. At one point I had two boys running and crawling around, one worker pulling down stickers (huge spiderman stickers left on the wall from the previous renter) and nails from our walls, another worker working on the windows (some of them were not closing properly), and two men for the compound doing a security check. Remember, none of these men speak a word of English except, hello. I did fairly well guessing what they were saying and also explaining what I wanted to have done. I did use my new program on my phone to explain to one of the workers that the dishwasher and part of the stove were not working. He promptly got on the phone and called someone. Shortly after I had two more men looking at the stove and dishwasher and trying to explain through sign language what to do and how to fix it. The workers did not leave until well after lunch time, and I hurriedly tired to get the boys down for the naps. Josh was so tired he was going around to every blanket or cushion he could find and putting his head down. The one worker will return tomorrow to paint all the walls that he had to patch (which unfortunately is most of them). The previous renters definitely liked a lot of wall art. I was able to relax a little and was quite amused to find Oprah (granted a very old episode on TV).
It will be nice to have another dinner at home tonight. I am going to try pork chops and baked potato.