Cinderella at a Full Stop

At first Cinderella was just giving me subtle hints.  She would stop working mid-job to go dump her dust bag — sometimes more than once per room.  Then, she’d stop now and then right in the middle of the living room carpet — her battery needed re-charging she’d tell me.  Even if it didn’t.  It was getting so I avoided putting her to work, calling on her old non-electronic cousin in the back closet.  Yes!  The carpet sweeper.

Periodically, I would empty her dustbin (whether she asked me to or not) hoping against hope that I wouldn’t have to do anything more complicated.  Or, God forbid, anything that cost money.  “We’re on a tight budget for a while, Cinderella,” I told her.  “Until that new chimney is paid for.”

Cinderella’s Nether Regions

But she didn’t seem to care.  Robots are like that.  So, today when she got really balky and seemed to be leaving more debris behind her than she was picking up, I decided to “gird up my loins,” as they say, and see what I could do.  I turned her upside down, investigated her various parts, went online to see which I should be concerned with and placed an order for those that need replacing.  (Apparently, I should have done this some time ago but… you know.  The chimney.)

I think what actually decided me was that I found a video that shows me exactly what I need to do to get Cinderella in apple-pie order once more.  The only tool I need (I think) is a Phillip’s Head Screwdriver (check!) which was right where it belongs — in the kitchen junk drawer.

Help is on the way!

The “replacement parts kit” will be here by June 28th says good ol’ Amazon.  Even better — so will Marta and Charlie.  I don’t know if they are any more mechanically inclined than I, but surely with three of us to share the angst, Cinderella will soon be full steam ahead.  And that should be well before I have to figure out how to clean out the carpet sweeper!  Yay!