Doing the Laundry on My Own
Home-cooked meals and freshly done laundry are no longer things I take for granted. For the past two and a half weeks here in La Jolla, I have been relying on cafeteria food and a playing a guessing game between the laundry detergent and myself.
What exactly is a ? cup? The no-name laundry detergent my parents had bought me before they left for the Bay Area had no measuring cup so I had to pour it into the machine based on instinct.
I washed all whites earlier this week and it didn?t turn out too badly. I plan on doing all the colors later today and hope for a similar outcome.
When I was at home I never had to do my own laundry. My dad was in charge of that household chore. I was responsible for watering my mom?s plants in the front and backyard, washing the dishes, vacuuming the entire house, and occasionally taking out the garbage.
As for my room, I cleaned it whenever I felt it was too messy to sleep in.
When the time to leave home neared, I began to panic because I had never done the laundry on my own before. The not-so-pleasant image of my white shirts turning a pale orange because I had neglected to notice a red sock in my wash load had crossed my mindwhile I waited for my clothes to finish soaking.
The first time I washed my clothes here, the washing and drying machines near my dorm were glitching so a few of them would allow me to do my laundry without putting some quarters in. Today I’m hoping that the school’s maintenance crew hasn’t figured it out so I don’t have to scour my room for a bunch of quarters that I doubt to exist.
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hahaha POOR BABY.
1/4 cup! i keep using 1/2 cup.
Hey, if you need some fabric cleaner, I got the hook up
hahaha! you are a petty criminal! you would trade your immortal soul for some free laundry service… heehee…
i also use instinct when i do my laundry, but i may have excessive preference for cleaning agents because my coloreds usually end up fading…