Why not have an associate go in your stead? Especially if it was going to be long and boring.

[Not that Eames could really judge, considering his agent told him constantly he didn't have to be in every meeting he went to. Still, he liked going to most just to make sure he was being represented properly and to get a feel for the people he was going to do business with.

As they settled down to eat food, he let out a bark of laughter, nudging Heine's knee with his own, mock offended.]

Excuse you, I was in a very creative and productive time of my life. I didn't have time for cleaning.

[He paused to bite into his food, before adding:]

It's more inhabitable now though.