Thursday, May 21, 2015

A Review of Our New Toy, Etc.

We started out the morning with a laugh, courtesy of the new Roomba. I don't know why it's so funny to watch it go about it's job, bumping into things and backing away, all the while spinning its little brushes. But it is. Funny, I mean.

It was also ridiculously effective. We swept, Swiffered, vacuumed and mopped this floor, all within the last day or three, so you'd think it wouldn't have done so much, Roomba-ing on top of that. But the Roomba almost completely filled its little tank with dust, dirt, cat hair, rocks, bits of broken pottery, and one surprised little spider who survived the ordeal of getting sucked up into the tank and made a break for it as soon as Dave carried it outside. Impressive.

It ran for about twenty minutes (long enough to prove to Saba that she and it may be mortal enemies; Gray Kitty was outside for his morning constitutional), then docked itself under the foot of the bed.

Of course, I wouldn't have bought it if the casita had steps or different levels to it, since it can't climb up or down steps. And it isn't super effective in a handful of places where the grout between the tiles is very deep. (We have square-foot Saltillo tiles with about an inch to an inch-and-a-half of grout applied in some spots, let's say, very rustically between the tiles.) So there's that.

The Roomba might have been the high point of the day so far. I mean it's threatening rain, so that may change very quickly here, but so far, Roomba for the win.

Dave just texted to say that he's on the way home. I am so uninspired cooking-wise that we're going to have grilled cheese sandwiches for dinner. That thrills him of course, because grilled cheese sandwiches are pizza's kissing cousin, but to me? I can take them or leave them. (I left them, as it turns out, and had an egg on toast with sliced tomato, and some baby carrots, grape tomatoes, and sliced cucumber left over from lunch.)

It started raining while we were having dinner. It's supposed to continue all night and into very early tomorrow morning. I love this weather. I love less going out in this weather, but we've got a pilates class tonight.

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