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I know that Pesach is around the corner because my neighbor just asked me to lend her my vacuum cleaner (chesed should be performed all the way, so when she finishes using it, I will begin). I cannot work without a vacuum cleaner. I take my time, because I would really be peeved to discover after I ruin my hands with abrasives, that I could have bought a newer model chometz- zapping robot on the market, which would have detoxified and de-chometzed my house while I sat by my sheitel macher. I will give the inventors one more week to come up with something (and it had better be good), and then, I think, that maybe, I really MUST start Pesach cleaning. I am a bal maamin, and I await Moshiach with open arms – may he come long before I do my ovens. After waiting so long for him to come, bimheiro beyomeinu, then look forward to following him to chometz free Yerushalayim. Take my word for it; the chometz will disappear if we want it The clock keeps on ticking, as my friends boast about where they are up to in their Pesach cleaning. to disappear badly enough. I learned this idea from my mother o’’h. She always told me, in her best English “Vehr der iz a veel der is a vey”. But then, my mother was one of the noshim tzidkoniyos. There is only one more thing on my schedule, which I must accomplish before I get down on my hands and knees, and that is to teach my children to fly. It would be incredibly easier if they could eat the chometz on the rooftop and leave the crumbs for the birds. I must be patient, but I will get there– just a little more time, just a little more planning. Planning! Listen to me, planning is what it is all about! It takes time and effort, but once I organize an agenda everything will fall into place. It is not easy to plan, I know. I am the perfect planner. I spend most of my life planning (and dreaming). 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