Wedding Bliss-ters

What a wonderful wedding weekend this turned out to be. Plus-zero weather, beautiful sunlight streaming in the church through the colourful stained glass windows, and a night of plenty of good eats and treats and Dancing the night away.

I should have taken off my shoes but otherwise no complaints. Everyone was beautiful.

The only mar on the day was our hotel experience. We came in at 1 a.m., careful not to be too loud in the hall in deference to our... obnoxiously loud neighbours? They were partying it up for a lot of the night, some even chatting directly outside our door.

In the morning, we found out they were parents because they let their kids out at 7:30 am to go running up and down the hall, screaming until all their friends had been found. As a Canadian, I heartily disapprove but didn't actually make a complaint.

Next time we have a plan: Ask for security to bring up earplugs. They bring us appropriate gear AND stop the problem, all at the same time.

Roomba Rumba Grumble

I bought an older 400-series Roomba robot vacuum off Craigslist around Christmas and it ran wonderfully the first time I plugged it in. It cleaned the bedroom...

... and then "doooop dodoop dooop!" It died.

For the past 5 weeks I've been researching online in my spare time, trying to find information on how to save my poor little Arthur.

This is a list of my currently available options:

1) RoboticVacuums.net suggests trying to reset the unit. (Inspiringly not helpful.)

2) RobotReviews.com instructs you on how mod your own battery pack with new NiMHs. (Cost and work involved is not necessarily worth it.)

3) Buy a new battery from Amazon.com, though many of the vendors won't ship to my Canadian address. (This one does, and it's only $23?)

4) Junk the unit. Not cool.

5) Get a refund. Also not cool. (Probably not possible.)

Knowing my limited options, it makes it much easier to choose a path. That being said, I've been looping around #1 for the past few weeks with little or no improvement. I keep thinking: well what if I do it this way this time?

"Dooooop dodooop dooop."
I'd better move into Phase 3 soon, I'm missing out on some prime robotic cleaning time. (Plus that song is driving me nuts.)