BLOGG # 92 FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN !

As my many readers know who have read the bloggs I wrote while I was in Spain, I am a woman with an inconstant heart-falling in love over and over again with, for example, the cities of Barcelona, Bilboa and of course Madrid.Really, I spent the whole time in Spain "in love" Now I am in that state again and the object of my affections is Reginald. Let me tell you about it.For some time now I have been looking with great concern at my inability to keep up with my ADL- the professional term for "activities of daily living" which, when translated, means the inability to cope with domesticity and I was seriously thinking of hiring a cleaning woman. I am a realist and know this will eventually come about but not just yet. My finances aren't brilliant and I still feel the need to have such things as my red wine , the occasional oyster and the indulgence of buying a lovely scarf. Really a cleaning woman was not an option. So I spent my days sitting in my recliner contemplating this new problem of mine while watching the dust balls accumulate under my feet.However, even I have -though minimal-cleanliness standards, and finally got out the vacuum cleaner and started it up. It immediately regurgitated it's contents on my carpet. I did the only thing one can do in such a situation and went to bed and pulled the covers over my head. When I woke up I had this wonderful idea. I will buy a vacuum robot known as a ruomba and that is just what I did. I immediately called my grandson to help me set it up. Now I will give out some of my accumulated knowledge of life. Men love vacuum cleaners and also cleaning surfaces so if you are concerned with your significant others' low spirits give him either a vacuum cleaner to tinker with or a cloth and a flat surface to wipe- believe me this is good advice. My grandson was delighted and came over and happily programmed the robot and yes, we named him Reginald-Reggy for short. Every day from Monday thru Friday at twelve noon he would clean for one hour. We gave him the weekend off. Together we watched this amazing machine -a true Trojan warrior -as it worked it's way around the apartment going it's way over and under furniture sucking up everything in it's way.Nothing stopped it though occasionally it got stuck and had to be rescued.It just never gave up until it got around all obstacles in order to clean and I was pleased. I too had worked my way around obstacles- the obstacles of domesticity. I sat in my recliner drinking a glass of red and watched my carpet being cleaned and was content. My advice to you dear readers is to do the same-never let the obstacles of life get you down but take Reginald as an example and work your way around them and NEVER GIVE UP.