This weekend I fired up the Roomba and found out that I have more maternal instincts than I originally thought! I also learned that my Roomba has characteristics of a teenage girl. So by default, I’m the mom of a sullen, fickle teenage girl. Awesome.
Yes, while I watched the Wisconsin Badger game Saturday night, I decided to get Roomba plugged in, charged and put to work cleaning my floors. You don’t live for free in my house.
Turns out, I was a nervous wreck the entire time she was cleaning, causing me to stir and hmm and haw on the couch, even putting the game on mute for awhile so I could make sure she was still running and sucking up all the hair on my floor. Seriously, she picked up so much hair, it’s amazing I’m not bald.
I watched her putter around the dining room and kitchen before coming into the living room and doing some “serious” damage. Even though I picked up the floors, she got her hooks into a phone cord and pulled the phone off the table before spinning around and going into the living room, leaving me to pick up after her. Then, I ran in to the living room to see her dry humping my Wii Fit. So, I guess she’s a little self conscious, we all are.
Finally, while watching the game, I saw her staring down my Apple wireless modem and that’s when the real fear ran through me. The thought of her taking out that wireless modem freaked me out because I have no idea if I can get it up and running again.
And in the heat of the moment, I tweeted this:
My neighbors think I am totally sane, yelling at my iRobot…that’s healthy.
Fortunately, Sunday when I ran her again (to get more hair, I know), I tried to take a video of her, because she’s beautiful, and she hid under a side table for 20 minutes. She’s camera shy, I get it.
So today, while she was charging, I got Bubbles out and got a photo of my babies.
Both are well behaved now but videos will be happening!
So the relationship with Roomba is off to a good start and she did a pretty good job cleaning up too. I can’t wait to run her again this week.
Also, it’s pretty much official now that I need a boyfriend. Badly.
What would you like to have a machine automatically clean in your place? Or does anyone else shed as much as I seem to? Please!
Good to know the roomba works. I’d probably be chasing it around the house too. I’m not sure I’d be able to just let it run while I did other things. I want to see the video.
Hahaha, I nearly laughed out loud while reading this post at work. Oops! I’m all for a machine cleaning my house but I’d be the same way and have to watch it the entire time.
By the way, I would have totally loved to see this happen in person.
A friend of mine has one and loves it!
I betcha my kitty would be freaked out by a Roomba!
This is hilarious! I’m new to your blog and this first post got me hooked. I can just imagine you yelling at it, haha!
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Bubbles returns!
My showers take twice as long as they should because I constantly have to stop what I’m doing to pull the ropes of hair off of my fingers.
OK, now I’m fascinated by this thing. I need to see video, ASAP.
This was one of your more hilarous posts. I can’t even imagine what Zoey would do if we brought one of these home…
I love that you said it was dry humping your Wii….lol :)
OMG – she is BEAUTIFUL!!! I usually like to put up her virtual walls so she just does one room at a time. Then i scoop all the cords up so she doesn’t suck them in. Mine likes to dry hump my wii fit as well ahah. And the HAIR! My God the HAIR! I’m SHOCKED I have ANY!!!
Congrats on your new addition – she is lovely!
i NEED one of those…i shed, the dog sheds, and believe it or not the boys shed too…
The Roomba looks so much fun! Also, I shed a TON. My hair is everywhere. Totally gross.
I’ve been intrigued by the Roomba for a while now, but I don’t know if it could handle all of the dog fur… even the Dyson seems a little daunted at times!
Also, I think you should name her Goomba. Goomba the Roomba. Now, I’m cracking me up!
You are cracking me up!
I am completely jealous of your Roomba, though I’m fairly certain that no robot could survive cleaning up the massive dog hair tumbleweeds we have blowing around our house.
I want a roomba for the bathroom. I HATE cleaning the bathroom and would totally get a cleaning lady just for that. And dishes. Oy. I need a dishwasher to the point I’ll go out for two weeks to get food before I’ll wash a dish. So basically I just confessed that I live like a frat boy. Awesome. I’m a catch! No really. No? Anyway…
Bubbles? What the? I’m scared.
I love it; she needs a name!
I do not have a roomba, I do the old fashioned vacuuming thing still :)
Oh my god, are you serious – you have a Roomba?? I definitely need this – I sweep the floor with a broom and use my Swiffer three times a day plus, vaccum every other day. Your Roomba totally solves my problem since my oldest Ju Ju and I shed ton of hair plus my two cats. Gosh, this is awesome!
I moult like crazy. My hubby is not amused! The worst thing is when it clogs the shower drain…ewwwwwww!
HILARIOUS! I want a Roomba
LOL that’s hilarious! I shed like crazy. That’s the one thing I don’t like about long hair. It’s everywhere!
I love you for writing this post! It made me laugh out loud because I can so picture you yelling at her. I have a feeling I would do the same thing. I would love to have a magic geenie come and put away all my clothes. That would thrill me to no end. And I shed something fierce.
Ohmygod I need a Roomba. And a boyfriend but a roomba would pick up all the hair I have lying everywhere too! Not just from me, but from the cat too. Yes, I need a boyfriend badly, too, since I’m thisexcited over a Roomba.
I think I would loooove a roomba as i HATE vacuuming. I love how you describe her though!
You are so funny. I would love a Roomba to clean for me, but I am pretty sure that my dog and the robot would have a duel to the death and I am not positive my dog would win.