I wish I was still feeling the frustration that I felt
earlier today because then you could feel like you were there with me. I have recovered and my laundry is done for
the week and I am relaxing – but that wasn’t the case earlier today.
I used the public showers at our RV park this morning and
when I finished I checked out the Laundromat.
It was empty and shiny and bright and clean. What a pleasure! I went back to the rig and began to sort my
dirty laundry and collect my quarters and detergent. Then I enlisted the help of my husband to
carry it over to the Laundromat. Darn, I
had 3 loads and in my absence someone had put their laundry in and there were
only 2 empty machines. I grumbled and
groaned and then excused my assistant.
I opened the two machines and loaded them up, knowing I
would have to come back later to start the remaining bag of dirty laundry. Then I started trying to figure out where and
how to insert the quarters. It didn’t
take too long to realize that quarters were not used. I started reading every sign in the room that
I could find and finally I saw it - instructions telling me that I had to go to
the main office and buy a special card to use.
So, my 2 loads were ready to go and I had to leave them and walk all the
way to the office. When I walked away I
saw someone heading there with his arms loaded with bedding. I sort of panicked that he would take mine
out and put his in.
The lady in the office said I would have to pay a deposit of
$5 just to use the card plus whatever I thought I would need for my wash. I purchased a card.
When I got back, my luck had changed. The man with the bedding was nowhere in sight
and someone had moved their clothes into the dryers so now I had 3 machines to
use and all was right with the world again.
I really need to learn to just have fun with this laundry
stuff. It all works out.
