So the other day I told you all that my “trusty” vacuum cleaner died. Well, it turned out to be ok. I called the people I bought it from and we fiddled with it for a while and all of a sudden it sparks up again. Yay, I thought. It’s not dead, I thought. I wont need to spend money on it.
I thought.
Well Jaxon is terrified of the vacuum cleaner. He doesn’t just cry that it’s on and making noise, he actually chases after it like it’s going to gobble me up and kill me. He is a horror to have around if I need to clean up. I either have to put him in his cot to cry it out while I do the house, or Tim need’s to travel from room to room and keep him occupied while I do it.
The other day when I finally got it working and finished up cleaning I thought I would place it in a spot where Jaxon could actually play with it. Instead of locking it away in the cats room where he couldn’t see it. I thought maybe if he could play with it and see it was quite harmless, he might warm up to it.
It just so happened that the only place to leave the vacuum cleaner where Jaxon could see and play with it, where it was also out of the way, was right next to the Kanara (fire place) I had it leaning up against the wall, but it must have been knocked. The hose that leads from the vacuum to the power head was leaning against the flue and is now screwed. Gone. Dead. It melted so badly that we can see the power cord running through it to power the (dah) power head!
So the vacuum cleaner that I thought was dead was not dead, but is now. Yay!
ugh, i’ve done things like that without thinking. Any chance you can use duct tape until its replaced? or is the coating over the wires melted as well?