Shedding Spring

This time of year begins the constant hum of the vacuum cleaner throughout my home. You would think that eight years of experience would prepare oneself with an inevitable oncoming of cleaning and isolation, but it never really does. Animals shedding does not seem like an overly obstructive problem in one's daily life, but owners of long haired animals are reminded every spring that this simply isn't true. One must be selective where they sit in a home containing an animal or risk consuming large amounts of time ridding themselves of the seemingly magnetic filth that has accumulated all over them self. In my case, the perpetrator is an abnormally large cat, which has it's benefits. Its size causes it to refrain from moving often, so the massive amounts of hair are left in isolated recesses of the house. If it were a different case, say an in shape Labrador retriever, one would have to be much more diligent in determining where it is safe to sit.