That's excellent news, Sandra! It's remarkably distracting to have fingers or hands in general not work the way we're accustomed to.

An explosion of dog hair this week proves what I've always thought - brushing them just makes the problem worse. But there isn't another answer. Brush the dog and vacuum the house for the time-being.

Once the cleaners have been in are you locking the door and leaving, Charmion? Where will you stay for the next three weeks?