cleaning
My vacuum just stopped working. Again. I had planned for tonight to be Housecleaning Night. I can clean the hardwood floors, but that's not going to do me much good when the rugs are still full of gunk--it'll just get tracked onto the floors again.
I don't really know what to do--I wanted to clean TONIGHT, but clearly that's out. I don't want to buy a new vacuum. This vacuum is only 2.5 years old, and it spent over six months of its life in storage. I should not need a new vacuum yet. Also, F has a perfectly good vacuum that will be moving here this fall. But I can't just not clean my rugs for the next 6-8 months, either. I could borrow my mom's vacuum but that's not a long-term solution. It's huge and I hate it and they need to vacuum too.
My ears are still ringing from the five minutes of ineffectual vacuuming I did before the vacuum stopped working. Argh.
I did accomplish some good cleaning before I tried vacuuming. The kitchen is much, much tidier, and I took a bunch of things down to the basement storage. I also opened the windows and the curtains. My apartment looks enormously cheerier just with that.
I hate sweeping with a broom. I don't even own a broom, I don't think. I have a Swiffer but there's enough dirt on the floor that the Swiffer will just push it around. This is why I wanted to vacuum. Floors are my very least favorite thing to clean! But they are dirty and it's been bothering me for weeks!
::edit:: I have discovered that the vacuum will work for approximately three minutes if I let it sit for around 40 minutes. Luckily there are not that many rugs in the apartment. For the hardwood floors and kitchen, I can make do with the Swiffer. The kitchen and living room are now acceptably clean, and I managed to get the hall rug too. I can probably function this way till F moves in the fall. How often do I vacuum, anyway? After all, I hate floors.
Now I am going to the grocery store. When I get back, I will make hummus and possibly clean the bedroom and bathroom. I haven't done the big tidying sweep in the bedroom, though, so it might have to wait. I can't vacuum the rug when there's crap sitting on it. Especially if I only get a three-minute vacuuming window. I also need to eat and sleep tonight. But overall, I feel very productive.
I don't really know what to do--I wanted to clean TONIGHT, but clearly that's out. I don't want to buy a new vacuum. This vacuum is only 2.5 years old, and it spent over six months of its life in storage. I should not need a new vacuum yet. Also, F has a perfectly good vacuum that will be moving here this fall. But I can't just not clean my rugs for the next 6-8 months, either. I could borrow my mom's vacuum but that's not a long-term solution. It's huge and I hate it and they need to vacuum too.
My ears are still ringing from the five minutes of ineffectual vacuuming I did before the vacuum stopped working. Argh.
I did accomplish some good cleaning before I tried vacuuming. The kitchen is much, much tidier, and I took a bunch of things down to the basement storage. I also opened the windows and the curtains. My apartment looks enormously cheerier just with that.
I hate sweeping with a broom. I don't even own a broom, I don't think. I have a Swiffer but there's enough dirt on the floor that the Swiffer will just push it around. This is why I wanted to vacuum. Floors are my very least favorite thing to clean! But they are dirty and it's been bothering me for weeks!
::edit:: I have discovered that the vacuum will work for approximately three minutes if I let it sit for around 40 minutes. Luckily there are not that many rugs in the apartment. For the hardwood floors and kitchen, I can make do with the Swiffer. The kitchen and living room are now acceptably clean, and I managed to get the hall rug too. I can probably function this way till F moves in the fall. How often do I vacuum, anyway? After all, I hate floors.
Now I am going to the grocery store. When I get back, I will make hummus and possibly clean the bedroom and bathroom. I haven't done the big tidying sweep in the bedroom, though, so it might have to wait. I can't vacuum the rug when there's crap sitting on it. Especially if I only get a three-minute vacuuming window. I also need to eat and sleep tonight. But overall, I feel very productive.