A New Month

February First and I am delighted. I just hate January. I associate it with cold dreary days that get dark before 5pm. February goes by much faster and promises of spring the next month. I'm sure this is mental, but I feel relieved for February.

I'm going to try something new with this blog. I am guaranteeing a post on the 1st and 15th of each month. I would like you blog readers of mine to keep me accountable to this. I want to post more and I think having at least two days a month I must blog will be good. And so, I am posting today. I thought of this 1st and 15th of the month thing while I was running this afternoon. I'm not sure why, but the ideas I have while I'm running are usually pretty good so what the heck eh?

Let me tell you why I hate vacuuming. I love the results of vacuuming because my black hardwood floors are no longer covered with white pet hair, but the process annoys me. The vacuum comes equipped with a long cord. This cord I suppose is meant to be a convenience. The cord allows you to clean the living room, and maybe even stretches all the way into the bedroom, without having to plug into a closer outlet. Convenient. Here's the annoying part. I always attempt to estimate how much cord I need so I won't have extra cord all over the place to trip over and run over repeatedly with the vacuum. My mother told me as a child that if you run over the vacuum cord while the vacuum is running you may be electrocuted. It's a wonder I'm alive. That damn cord is always under me somehow. It has a mind of its own and it is devious. So, I try not to have extra cord. Well then, while attempting to vacuum in the bedroom, the plug is pulled out because I didn't release enough cord to reach the areas I'm trying to vacuum (to avoid the tripping and possible death). Now I must go to the outlet and plug the cord back in. Of course I did not turn the vacuum button onto "off" before plugging the vacuum back in and now I am at risk of being electrocuted again because you should never plug in something electricity will flow to immediately. So, now I've plugged in the cord and again I have narrowly escaped electrocution. Now I am forced to release the entire vacuum cord so I won't have to re-plug the thing in again and thus I am tripping and running over the cord and further risking electrocution. It's a game I play with the cord every time I vacuum and on days like today it just pisses me off. I think I'm probably the only one with this issue, and that's okay. It's just fun to share.