Buying a new washing machine is almost as good as going on a real vacation. Plus, you reap the benefits of the cash you spent long after the official vacation ends.
Besides doing a lot of sleeping, lingering on the sofa with a cup of tea, and taking longer walks with Rupert (and occasionally Leif and Vera), I washed a large variety of items: coats, big fluffy robes, blankets, comforters, woolen socks, every day clothes, towels. And, every single damn load washed like it was supposed to, and it did it with only a hint of a whisper to be heard from the machine. Loads were on average washing in 45 minutes. Some slightly more when I dialed up to include a soak cycle and extra rinse. Less when I used “quick wash.”
If you have never endured washing day with a machine that you never were quite sure if it would actually wash your clothes, let me tell you, this was the most GLORIOUS spring break purchase I can imagine short of a new car or my very own house.
The downside of this post is that today I must return to school. Break is over. And, while I loved the ability to really do a whole lot of nothing, I’m having a really, really hard time getting the gumption up to get back in the proverbial saddle.
I have just 8 weeks left until the end of the semester, but it is eight weeks with not a single day off. The first half of the semester was punctuated with holidays so we had some “mini breaks” throughout. I always think I’d personally rather have a 4 day weekend each month instead of a long week off. It’s great when you are in the middle of a week long break, but it’s too hard to get your poop back in a group afterward.
Anyway, Mother Nature is celebrating the end of spring break by dumping another round of snow storms on us, so I best get a move along. No telling how dodgy the roads will be.
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