We’re going home today. Rather than take the train, we’ll all be going home in our van. (My husband had to drive up here a day after we arrived.) So, in a few hours, we’ll wave goodbye to the waves of Lake Whatcom and anticipate arriving home in our little 1973 house with no view. And no washer or dryer.
Right before we left town, I bought a new dryer (at the Sears outlet) and a new washer (at the regular Sears store). I picked up the dryer myself since they don’t offer delivery, but scheduled delivery of the washer for August 5, so I’d have plenty of time to clean out the pigsty laundry room (home to kitty-litter box, gateway to the boys’ bathroom, home to the kitty’s food and water bowls.
In a quest to be helpful and generous and kind, my husband undertook the cleaning of the laundry room himself while I was gone. He reported this fact to me by telephone–several times, in fact–and I responded with the same horror that you might if a stranger cleaned out your refrigerator or toilet or both. “Don’t do that!” I said, but alas, it was too late.
Not only did he clean out the laundry room, but he also disconnected and removed both the washer and dryer. He and his friend were unable to connect the new dryer, however, because they needed some kind of part. (A dryer kit, apparently?)
The problem is that my new washer isn’t coming until August 5. In a week’s time, the laundry will have grown to frightening, mountainous proportions and we will all die in a laundry avalanche.
I guess I’ll be carting my laundry to the laundry-mat, which will make me appreciate my new machines all the more. (I have washed everything we have here so I’m only taking home clean clothes.)
Meanwhile, I have to go pack. Fittingly, a foggy haze is moving in over the lake. Buh-bye, beautiful lake!
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How sad! Any pictures of the lake?
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I’m jealous of your wonderful family vacation. It sounded so fun!
Good luck with the laundry!
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It sounds like someting mine would do (with the best of intentions so I usually bite my tongue bloody).
Why does Lake Whatcom always sound like an internet address?
What.com
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Find a laundramat with Giant washers. You pack them tight, that’s what the attendants tell you to do, and they will hold about 3-4 regular loads. Here it costs $5 a load, and I can get 1-2 days worth of our laundry done for $10. Then I bring them home and dry them here. Whoot.
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Well, Mel.
Just get the entire fam. to ‘diet naked’!
Really. I never questioned the motives of nudists once I had 5 people to wash for.
Happy end of vacation!
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It sounds like you all had a wonderful time!
My husband would also do something so terribly thoughtful that I would be left biting my tongue raw too. It would be nice if good deeds always matched up with the right timing.
I wish you luck at the laundromat.
I have learned also the benefits of scheduling time to do the wash while on vacation. A family of 7 can dirty many many loads in just a few days. So I always plan an afternoon sitting by the washer I just fed quarters into.
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I hate coming home from vacations. I love my home, but it’s still kind of like the day after Christmas.
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Missing the lake. But memories will still remain.
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I’ll be joining you in the ranks of laundromat patrons for a while. We’re languishing in North Ruralville and won’t have a washer & dryer, at least not at first. The mountain of laundry can quickly becoming daunting, at the very least. I could haul it all to my sister-in-law’s house, but that’s over an hour away. The gas money alone would cost more than the laundromat.
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Okay….ya’ll just need a good nanny….very evident to me. LOL I have been one for years. I pack your clothes before the trip, I wash them while you are actually ON vacation (if you take me along..which of course you will) AND, I unpack it all when you get home. Convinced??? Yep, a nanny is a magical person.
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