Well, so much for that idea
Dec. 22nd, 2009 05:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
desperanceI did most of it, I did. I finished the revisions, and sent the book off again. I cleaned the kitchen floor (under strict supervision). I gave the boys Early Tea, as a reward for their supervising, and powered up the vacuum while their backs were turned. And addressed it to the dining-room floor, and--
And suddenly it was sucking nothing, on account of the hose ripping itself to shreds.
This is the almost-brand-new expensive vacuum, you understand. Which I bought from some dodgy online deal and am now somehow going to have to find a contact for, to kick and scream at them in the new year.
Meantime, I suppose I could dig out the twenty-year-old vacuum that still works perfectly, but...
Nah. Sod that for a game of soldiers. I'm going to the pub. Catsitters will just have to walk on crunchy carpet.
And suddenly it was sucking nothing, on account of the hose ripping itself to shreds.
This is the almost-brand-new expensive vacuum, you understand. Which I bought from some dodgy online deal and am now somehow going to have to find a contact for, to kick and scream at them in the new year.
Meantime, I suppose I could dig out the twenty-year-old vacuum that still works perfectly, but...
Nah. Sod that for a game of soldiers. I'm going to the pub. Catsitters will just have to walk on crunchy carpet.