{"id":338,"date":"2004-06-17T11:51:00","date_gmt":"2004-06-17T18:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juliashih.com\/blog\/?p=338"},"modified":"2004-06-17T11:51:00","modified_gmt":"2004-06-17T18:51:00","slug":"338","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juliashih.com\/?p=338","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

I talked to my brother yesterday and he asked if he could visit me on his summer break. I said okay. He asked if he could book his ticket now and I said sure. So I guess he did and he emailed me his itinerary and he’s booked a stay for 20 days. 20 DAYS!!! His entire break! So I’m flipping because I was thinking, you know, like a week-long visit. So I wrote him this email in jest. His hilarious response follows:<\/p>\n

Dear Michael,
I noticed that you plan to stay for 20 days with me. Since that is such a
long time, this trip will not count as a vacation for you. Therefore, here
are my terms:<\/p>\n

1. You will get a job. I don’t care what kind of job. You have to find a job
while you’re here. And a real job, too. Not a job where I have to pay you.
Because you will be taking out my garbage for free.<\/p>\n

2. I get 50 percent of your paycheck from this job which counts as your rent
and food charges. And anything else I have to pay for, I will create a bill
which you will have to pay within a week’s time of the purchase. This
includes clothes, movie tickets, keychains and airplanes.<\/p>\n

3. You will clean my house and make my bed every day.<\/p>\n

4. If I want a foot massage, you have to do it. I will pay you: 50 cents for
30 minutes. 75 cents for 1 hour. 1 dollar if you give me a massage and feed
me at the same time.<\/p>\n

5. You will go to the gym with me 5 days a week. If you burn more than 400
calories on a cardio machine, I will buy you a jamba juice. If I burn more
calories than you, you will wash my car.<\/p>\n

6. You will treat me to dinner once a week. And don’t tell me you don’t have
enough cash. I will take you to an ATM.<\/p>\n

Okay?<\/p>\n

Thank you,
Julia S.<\/p>\n

***********************************************************<\/p>\n

JULIA<\/p>\n

THNAK YOU FOR THE E-MAIL. I WILL DO ALL THESE CHORES. IF I DO A GOOD JOB, MAY I HAVE SOME FUN PLEASE? OK.<\/p>\n

MICHAEL<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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