This week just seems to get better and better. Wednesday afternoon I got a call from the owner of the company that cleans my house. He has rescheduled my clean for THIS Thursday, in light of the fact I cancelled last week (due to the floor and all available surfaces being covered with dusty knick-knacks). Ooookay. Thursday... um, well... we're still on the tail end of finishing our project, I let him know. He replied that he's really trying to keep his crews working, and yes, we can reschedule again, but if there's any way... Alright, no problem. If I threaten the kids with no parties if they don't help me pick up, and I beg Trav to pitch in, we can pull it off and get things moved around enough to at least get the toilets cleaned. (Toilets are something I'm allergic to cleaning, I'm sure!) He's overjoyed when he tells me they'll be here around 11:00 in the morning. I woke up this morning planning on working from 5:00 until 11:00, finishing the picking-up. I'm not at all worried - I had plenty of time. Except that I really didn't. At the last minute, I realized that I wasn't going to have it picked up, and it was going to be embarrassing to hang out at the house while they pick up after my slobby self. Uh uh, no way, totally unacceptable, I'm leaving. Except... I haven't left myself enough time to hop in the shower. Again! I'm about to leave my home and head out into PUBLIC unbathed and unbrushed for the second time this week! And this time, a quick trip to the local Walmart isn't going to cut it, as it will take them HOURS to pick up what I've left out. Brainstorm time. Where can a dirty, stinky woman go hang out for two hours and not run into anybody she knows?!? I hurried and grabbed a couple baskets off the top of the gargantuan laundry pile and I ran out the door to the local COIN-OP LAUNDROMAT! Luckily, it's nearly deserted and I'm feeling pretty proud of myself, as I'm killing a number of proverbial birds with one stone. I'm hiding from the housekeepers, avoiding searing the flesh off of most members of the race with my stench, AND pecking away at the Montezuma sized mound of filthy clothes. Go me! As an added double bonus, Trav has at least three pair of clean underpants and I got to sit around and read my book for two hours straight. Score!Tomorrow I'm showering the instant I leave the bed...
3 comments:
oh wow. i so wanna be you. yep - jealous...NOT! but that is pretty funny. sadly enough my house probably NEEDS housekeepers Alas - my mother is coming in a few weeks to help me get organized!
I think Laundry mats can be great for getting the laundry done all at once in just a couple of hours, sure does take a lot of quarters though!! Great Brainstorming by the way!! And nice and warm! Great way to get the House clean and Laundry done all while enjoying warmth and reading! Happy Valentines Day!
Haha, that's funny. I always enjoy the laundromat in some respects. Not the hauling laundry and paying to do it part, but the watching clothes go 'round, people watching, and reading a book parts.
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