Happiness Is

My freshman year, I was in You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, the musical.  According to Peanuts, “Happiness is two kinds of ice-cream, knowing a secret, climbing a tree ...”  Sadly enough, I can still sing most of the song.  I would like to add a cute orange rechargeable vacuum and a QVC-special Shark steam mop to that list.

I have literally spent hours upon hours sweeping, mopping, and scrubbing my floors.  I have repeatedly removed every toy and book and rug from my floors so the buckets of soapy water could work their magic before being “gomo”ed down the drains with a big rubber squeegee.  The result? ... black feet and pernicious dust the very next day.  Argh.

With no windows, the pollution walks right into our apartment, especially November through June during la zafra or sugar cane harvesting season.  To harvest sugar cane they burn the fields causing black ash to float miles and land on my floor.

However, I have won.  No more pushing the same dust around via old-fashioned mop and broom.  Ha ha ha ha.  My little vacuum eats dust for dinner and my Shark steam mop leaves the floors sparkling clean, germ-free, and chemical-free.  Booyah.  Our feet actually stay clean for at least a few days now.  Hooray.  And it takes about 10% of the effort.  I am free!  We’ll see how the system holds up come November.