just a few ramblings about my day. It’s 1:30 am on Thursday and later today I head up to Lewisburg for my weekly visit with Desiree. This is also a week that I stay overnight with friends in Elysburg so I can pick Desiree up after school on Friday and bring her home for the weekend. I should be in bed by now, especially considering my fitful sleep last night, but I am not.
So why am I up so late tonight? Laundry, that is why. I am waiting for my third load of laundry to finish drying. This load is full of shirts, and in order to avoid ironing (which I try to do at all costs), I usually take my shirts out while they are still a little damp. They wrinkle less that way than when I leave them in the dryer until it shuts off. Plus, if I leave them in there until tomorrow morning and took them out then, well, they would be completely wrinkled and I would have to iron them before wearing them. That’s not going to happen.
So why didn’t I start my laundry earlier, you ask. Well, I did, but then my washing machine broke down and I had to take my clothes to a friend’s house to wash and then bring them home to dry. I would have been finished hours ago if this hadn’t happened.
It’s a little ironic about the washing machine breaking down, since it is the newest appliance in the parsonage. About two months ago I spent the better part of two days pricing various appliances at different stores: Sears, Lowes, Home Depot, Boscovs and other local appliance stores. Three appliances here are at least 20 years old and need to be replaced: the stove, a dishwasher, and the dryer. I got all the info I could, got all the pricing info I could, and then put forward a proposal which would entail spending only about $1,100 to replace all three machines. It was quite a deal, if you ask me. The Church Trustees, however, thought differently, and I can understand this given our financial situation. It’s funny, however, that this list never included the dishwasher.
So now, at this late hour, I need to finish this up and go check on my shirts . . . make sure they are at just the right dryness/dampness to take out of the dryer and place on hangers in order to avoid the wrinkles. Isn’t my life thrilling? And aren’t you glad you took the time to read all about here?
Will,
I understand. I appreciate what you write about. I think your broken down dishwasher says a lot about life in general. We humans have the hubris to combine natural running water and soap in a compact box so as to take the work out of something as simple as dish washing. When the machine doesn’t work, water has free reign in your kitchen. Maybe the other boxes we design are just as liable to break apart. When the failure occurs nature will out!
So do me a favor, next time you are checking out major appliance stores looking for a new wonder gadget, would you see if they have brand new ‘lives’ in store? If so, let me know. I think I’m going to purchase two, one to replace the existing ghost in the machine, and the second for when the first expires.