Bright and Shiny

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.