Ugh

So I talked to the "Clutter Specialist" yesterday.  Based on a long conversation, this is approximately a $5,000 job.  I was thinking closer to ten, to be honest, but I've no idea if she's considering plumbing cost.  They also will not start with my bathroom in the condition it's in.  So...I have my work cut out for me.  Naturally, I have come down with a cold.  I thought it was allergies (and it partially might be) but it really does now feel like a cold and has already slowed me down significantly.  I just want to sleep.  I made one trip down this morning with 5 bags.  Yesterday morning I made three trips and took down eight bags, a ruined laptop backpack and a couple of boxes.  I was to make three trips this morning but I just feel too bad.  It's nearly 5:30am and people are getting up.  The sun should be rising shortly.  I think she wants to start next week but I don't know how ready I'll be.  I'm thinking the last week of September, considering I have to do the dirty work myself.

So:  I need to find the hallway floor again; clear, vacuum and clean.
       Find any cat mess and dispose of.
       Get bio waste out of the bathroom and into dumpster.
       Resume bagging anything that can be bagged.

Edit:  I think I'm going another way.  I think $2,500 down, $2,500 the first day of work and daily payments if it goes over $5,000 is unreasonable for someone that wants me to do so much of the work before she'll even start. I called another cleaning service and the guy seems less condescending and more willing to be discreet.  He also mentioned a six-room apartment with ten years of accumulation that he did for $3,500.  I'm hoping to fall in under that.  He's coming in the morning to look at the job.