Part II About Dirty Stuff (sock monster blog)
One of the luxury experiences of German life I do not look forward to is the base laundry mat. Paul and Luddy have a small washer/no dryer .(common here) Luddy has concerns about us not pushing the right button, so she offered to do our wash. (but no ironing, smart woman) Tom is shy about his briefs being hung up to dry for two days in the basement so....
Hence laundry is shoved in a bag to be cleaned in industrial sized machines. I'm sure the machines were cleaned by someone other than me at least once. $1.25 to wash and a quarter for 15 minutes of dry time. It's very important to check that the machine was not left on hot or you will be donating clothes for someone's Barbie dolls to wear.
Bring quarters, don't count on the change machine working, be there at 7:00 a.m. before unsupervised children arrive, take along something to read, soap, it's OK to take wash out of machines if its grown roots and don't be over conversational with others, it seems to bug them.
Fold wash quickly, remind self not to whine so much, this job is done for another week.
One of the luxury experiences of German life I do not look forward to is the base laundry mat. Paul and Luddy have a small washer/no dryer .(common here) Luddy has concerns about us not pushing the right button, so she offered to do our wash. (but no ironing, smart woman) Tom is shy about his briefs being hung up to dry for two days in the basement so....
Hence laundry is shoved in a bag to be cleaned in industrial sized machines. I'm sure the machines were cleaned by someone other than me at least once. $1.25 to wash and a quarter for 15 minutes of dry time. It's very important to check that the machine was not left on hot or you will be donating clothes for someone's Barbie dolls to wear.
Bring quarters, don't count on the change machine working, be there at 7:00 a.m. before unsupervised children arrive, take along something to read, soap, it's OK to take wash out of machines if its grown roots and don't be over conversational with others, it seems to bug them.
Fold wash quickly, remind self not to whine so much, this job is done for another week.
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