Well the universe heard my unspoken plea - I let them know I was running some errands and said "If you could do the dishes while I'm out that would be helpful" and now I'm home and the dishes are done AND Aeryn is sweeping the kitchen floor. In their own words "I got bored." It's a mid-September miracle!
I miss having a robot vacuum, but when the Roomba died we replaced it with a normal vacuum that honestly does a much much better job. It does require a human to push it around but the rugs actually get clean.