The turkey was in the oven. The side dishes were cooling on the counters. The bathroom had been scrubbed. The guests would be arriving any minute and my living room was spotless.

This was not the case a few days before. My apartment was a mess! Dishes were everywhere, dirt and dust trampled through all of the rooms. I needed to clean and it needed to be a deep clean. I did most of the house and then went to vacuum the living room.

I had been vacuuming the bedroom when I noticed a weird smell coming from my vacuum cleaner. When I got to the living room, it stopped working all together. I tried everything. I tried unplugging it and plugging it back in like it was a computer. I took the cover off and looked at the inside. I could not, even with my knowledge of motors and such, figure out what was wrong. I needed a vacuum pump repair and fast.

The story has a happy ending of course. Everything turned out well for me, my apartment and my poor vacuum. I owe this to being able to find a ny pump repair shop who was open, and willing to take on the job of fixing my workhorse vacuum.