Well this past week in the letter I wrote him I told him about how I was seriously considering hiring someone to come in and fold my laundry because I hate it more than anything in the world. this is me...hating laundry.
This is how he replied: YALL CAN PAY ME THE BIG BUCKS TO FOLD YOUR STINKIN LAUNDRY. YOU KNOW YOU SHOULD COME AND LIVE DOWN HERE FOR A WHILE. YOU WOULD RETURN REALLY HAPPY AND ANXIOUS TO FOLD YOUR LAUNDRY BECAUSE IT JUST CAME OUT OF A DRYER AND IT SMELLS SO GOOD AND IS SOFT AND WARM......THAT KIND OF THING CLEARLY DOES NOT EXIST HERE. I WASHED TODAY WITH A CRAPPY LITTLE WASHING MACHINE THAT REALLY DOESNT WASH VERY WELL. WE HAD TO RINSE THE CLOTHES IN A DIFFERENT BUCKET OF WATER AND THEN WRING IT OUT BY HAND AND HANG IT UP ON THE LINE. AFTER WICH IM GOING TO HAVE TO IRON ALL OF MY SHIRTS BECAUSE THEY WRINKLE HORRIBLE WITH THIS METHOD OF WASH. AND ON TOP OF ALL OF THIS, MY GARMENTS ARE STALE AND CRISPY WHEN I PUT THEM ON AND HALFWAY CLEAN HALFWAY NASTY. SO BE HAPPY TO FOLD CLOTHES MIST. ;)
I will never complain about folding my laundry again! Well...at least not to Charles :)
1 comment:
Charles does indeed have it tough ironing on his bed. Most of our poor elders in Argentina also had to wash their clothes in a bucket before rinsing them in a bucket. I think I will better appreciate folding clean laundry after reading Charles' letter.
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