SINCE MOVING IN

She’s got a friend visiting in a few days an event the like of which means she cleans the flat because her standards are so much higher than mine. This time however, because she’s living with me while she looks for a place of her own, she’s painting the kitchen and has got me working on the bathroom.
‘How long’s she coming for?’ I said.
‘Six days,’ she said and I screamed a high pitched scream, ‘Six days?’
We looked at what needed doing and she said, ‘Did you paint the doors that colour?’
‘No,’ I said, ‘they were like that when I moved in.’
‘Oh,’ she said.
‘I know,’ I said, ashamed of how little I’d done to the flat since moving in.