Last night, this was the first order of business.

You may wonder why I’m blogging about a vacuum. Well let me tell you, there’s a history – and it all revolves around this:

My hurr. My long, constantly shedding hairs that fall all over the apartment allll the time.

As much as I want to shave it off, I never will. I love and hate it all at the same time. It causes my cleaning life great stress, but it’s easy to maintain and I can even make a mustache with it.

Yosemite Sam?

So yes… vacuuming and hair is what this blog post is about. I hate it.

I’ve even blogged about it before, here, regarding this vacuum.

I assembled this beast in June of 2009 and by probably August of 2010 it was dead. Dead as a doornail.

All because of the hair! It gets wound around the bristles in the bottom and forms an impenetrable net that the dirt and additional hair cannot pass.

I tried for several weeks to cut it all out, but to no avail. Keep in mind, this was almost a year ago.

I borrowed vacuums occasionally, but for the most part, I just had dirty carpets.

Insert your judgement here. I would certainly judge me for that also.

Finally, I’d had enough and forked over $50 for a new vacuum. Last night, I mentally prepared myself for the assembly.

Turns out, it wasn’t that bad! I just had to attach the handle and it was ready to go.

I vacuumed up lots of nastiness, and then examined the bristles. Again, they were clogged with the evil hair!

I cut most of it out and I think it should still function properly for a few more months.

If only I could afford a more beastly vacuum, this wouldn’t be an issue.

When I was engaged, I was ridiculously excited at the prospect of registering for a Dyson vacuum.

It’s still a dream of mine.

This guy is the answer to my problems, I know it. Someday…

And in case you’re wondering… I had this for dinner.

Taters and broccolini.

Then I went to yoga.

There was a train, so I was late. I disrupted the class and felt like an a-hole, but it was still a good class.

And that’s all she wrote.

Do you hate vacuuming too? What kind of vacuum do you have?