Oh Yay I may have broken the vacuum cleaner.

 Was being so good and emptied it out so it would not overfill and cause it to overheat,  and Forgot to put the filter cone on.  I blew crap out of it with air hose and will see if it will start after it cools off.  Trying to keep perspective.  Vacuums are plentiful and relatively cheap and we even have another functioning one upstairs but I  feel like bawling.   This was supposed to be:   Do some cleanup and then maybe do the Christmas decorating.    Of course cleanup was mainly washing covers from Dad's recliner and then a load of jeans because he has lost so much muscle in his legs that the disposable underwear don't catch everything,  yuck, and he won't rotate to clean jeans even after I bought him 3 pairs for his b-day,  I have to either wash em or at least throw in the hamper myself when I feel like I need to force him to use a clean pair.   I guess biology kills your sense of smell as you age so you aren't so grossed out by your own emissions you kill yourself.  

Thank heavens I bought an ozone generator in early 2020 when the stores were constantly having runs on bleach and cleaning supplies.   I don't know how effective ozone is to kill viruses but it certainly does help with odors.  I bought a second one this fall, so I can run for 20 minutes in my bathroom when my morning constitutional stinks it up and so I have a hot spare in case the one in the downstairs bathroom/laundry room breaks.   I will never build a house with that stupid combo, but haven't go to point of spending tens of thousands to add a bathroom or split the space etc in this 70s house.  I am no longer in germaphobe mode at all, but it sure is nice to have the odor killing machine.  If it was not dangerous to run with people present I'd probably move it around and run it several hours a day.   

p.s.   The vacuum cleaner is alive.   I only put it on for a few seconds so don't know if it is going to have an issue with quickly overheating from the crap the filter was not there to catch.   I got decorations down from the attic.  Proved to myself that I didn't need an extra body to do this.  I put a few of my usual mini lights along the fence.  Will put more up tomorrow.  I suppose I'll put the tree up tonight.  Not right now with the FNM program blabbing.