As I wrote before I know that many in my family, especially my mum thinks its crazy to have a maid and that I as a housewife should take care of all those things but seriously, things are different here. We have been looking for a maid for the last few weeks as we havent been too happy having someone coming in to clean 4 hours a week as it means we have to be here to let her in and out and the floors have to be cleaned at least once more, preferably twice more but I dont have the energy for that. We would like to have someone here all the time so that we dont have to think about cleaning at all. After changing our minds many times, trying to decide between getting someone who is already here and someone through an agency we have finally made up our minds. We have found an Ethiopian girl via an agency and although we havent met her since she is still in Ethiopia we hope it will turn out well. R went to Emirates HQ this morning to deal with the paperwork to get her entry visa for her to be allowed to come here. It should take about 7 working days and then we have to pass on the visa to the agency and they will then book her ticket. Exciting times!