It was finally time to do a thorough cleaning of my carpets in my place. I am your typically bachelor and tend to leave things till it's absolutely necessary to do them. Oh don't get me wrong, I run a vacuum fairly regularly over my carpets but I hadn't taken a steam cleaner to them since I bought the place over 6 years ago. I know, I know... I should do it way more often.
What amazes me though, is that despite doing a thorough clean with a Rug Doctor I rented from Safeway, my carpets didn't actually look any cleaner. I mean, I sucked up tons of dirt with that thing and probably could repeat my efforts again today and still get just as much dirt out of them but they didn't look any brighter as a result. I'm glad that I rented that heavy contraption though, my rugs definitely needed it.
My cats however probably wish that I didn't. As soon as I rev'd up that baby, they disappeared like animals fleeing a wildfire. They hid in the basement and didn't come out till well after their supper time. I think their hunger finally overcame their fear and around 7pm they were meowing and rubbing up against my legs as they do whenever they're read to eat. Plus it helps that I had already been done cleaning for a couple of hours by time they realized they were hungry. It'll be a few days before they embrace me as their loving master again.
The only thing that I have to worry about now is make sure I wear my slippers for a day or two. I've already soaked a couple pairs of socks on the damp (but clean!) carpet. lol.
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