L - Laundry
One thing that I absolutely do not look forward to is doing laundry. Our twin tub died about two months ago, but even before that doing laundry was a total chore. The twin tub took 10 steps just to do one load (which wasn’t that many clothes):
- Drag machine from back bedroom into the kitchen
- Attach hook-ups for water and drainage
- Wash clothes
- Drain clothes and move to spinner
- Spin clothes then move back to main tub
- Add clean water and rinse
- Drain clothes and move to spinner
- Spin
- Remove clothes and hang outside to dry
- Repeat 1-2 more times depending on amount of laundry to be done
What’s worse than washing clothes in a twin tub? Washing them by hand, which is what we’ve been relegated to since the twin tub died. Talk about backbreaking work. Not to mention that I still don’t have the correct technique so my hands always end up blistered and sore. In Molepolole we originally paid someone to do laundry for us once a week. Then we got the twin tub and she came once a week to clean the house. That was so nice. In Gabs it’s a lot harder to find someone to do “piece jobs” like that.
Brian and I try to do laundry once a week. Otherwise the loads get out of control. For example, last weekend it rained both Saturday and Sunday. So this weekend we’re going to have a ton of laundry to wash. Boo. I am very much looking forward to having a washer and dryer in the U.S.
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