Such a Mom!

So, you know you're a mom when you... fill in the blank. My, "so you know you're a mom story" starts with the "Kirbyman" who arrived at my door about a week and half ago. Ok, so this may be relatable to more people than just moms out there - you be the judge. Anyway, the "Kirbyman" knocks at my door, and right away I'm thinking, "oh, no". But he hooks me with his promises of shampooing my carpet in the front room to show me the newest Kirby vacuum. My hubby and I have been talking the past few months about when our next carpet cleaning will be and let me just say, it's LONG overdue in that room! I would do anything for that carpet to look even a little better... hence, letting the Kirbyman in. So, he comes in and starts to show off this old-style vacuum. I'm really not even interested at first, but slowly he starts reeling me in. He used the vacuum to hoover my curtains (you don't want to know what dirt he pulled off only one side!), the lamp, and then, da-da-DAA... the sofa!! A huge visual aid for the Kirbyman is the dirt and dust they can get up with their vacuum, and to show you this they leave the bag off and use these white filters that collect the dirt as he cleans things. Let me just say I was begging him to stop! But no, he had to go for the girls mattress! Apparently this vacuum has an 8-12" suck depth. So, you can only imagine what he pulled out of the mattress, and went on to explain what it was. YUCK!!
So, he had pretty much sold me with that alone, but that wasn't the end of the 2 and 1/2 hour process. He took about half cup of this carpet freshener he had, poured it onto the carpet in a small area, and rubbed it into the floor. He asked me how many times I thought my vacuum needed to go over it in order to get it up. By now, of course, I'm convinced my vacuum is worthless compared to the all-powerful Kirby, but I indulged him anyway with some number. I truly was not prepared for what I saw. He went over that section 100 times with my vacuum. The Kirby went over it on the first stroke after my 100, and pulled up so much carpet freshener that it was pouring over the white filter paper. He had to do this with several more filter papers to get the majority of it up. I looked over at the pitiful contraption I was calling a vacuum cleaner and it looked like I might have had a couple of tablespoons down in there. Horrifying...and gross!!
I won't go into what happened much from there, because it wasn't too pretty. The price was astronomical, he wouldn't leave (I was 10 minutes late to my volleyball game!), and his boss came in and wasn't too friendly. BUT, I found out that my vacuum wasn't doing the job, and now I have a Kirby that I found from a reliable online store that re-sells them with a warranty (for 1/4th of what they were asking door to door!). Plus, it has a carpet shampooer attachment! I am THRILLED to get cleaning with it, and actually have even fallen asleep dreaming about it because I'm so excited. SO...you know you're a mom when, "you'll spend a very large sum of money for a vacuum cleaner, and then dream about cleaning with it until it arrives!" It has been the highlight of my past week and half... and maybe THAT was more information than you needed to know!