Our clothing supply was running low on Monday (running low on the clothes we had unpacked) and we had recently received a supply of towels as a wedding present that we needed to wash. The washing machines we have in the building were available, so I took advantage of this opportunity. I put the whites in one washer and the colors in the other (there are only two washing machines in the entire building). Both start without any difficulty, but the washer containing our whites suddenly stopped after it filled with water. Not good. I tried what I could to start the washer again to no avail. I decided not to give it anymore of my money because I felt it would be a waste. I was pretty ticked because basically my entire garment supply was in there! Stephan still had plenty of his own in the dresser, but I did not (being newly endowed and all). I left a note on the manager's door (she was out cleaning apartments), later finding out that I should have left it in her box. Whoops. As soon as the colors were done, I put them in the dryer and fished the whites out of the warm pool they had been soaking in and put them in the other washer. It took me hours to finish doing laundry because I was only using one washer at a time. I also used a lot of quarters.
It was a doubly hard day because I was all alone and Stephan started work that day, and I didn't see him until after seven. I had dinner mostly ready when he got home (my attempt at hamburgers, if you were wondering). I had forgotten hamburger buns, but Stephan bought some on his way home from work (he normally calls me when he gets off work, and I asked him to buy some buns).
So at the end of the day on Monday, I was quite exhausted and pretty crabby.
Other than that, this week hasn't been too bad. I'll do more unpacking today. I'm looking for new and exciting ways to motivate myself.
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