When the laundry filled the house

You know, when the dryer broke right before our camping trip, I knew it was the beginning of something very bad. The expense, the time invested shopping with the kids, the lack of available laundry facilities...none of the implications of a broken dryer were good. Well, I am officially one week and one camping trip without a functioning laundry room, and my predictions have all come true.

We did order a new washer and dryer set up on Tuesday. The Magster slept through the whole order process, bless her, and the whole order/ purchase/ delivery set up took maybe an hour. The washer and dryer would be here today.

The delivery company called this afternoon and asked if they could deliver early. Wahoo! I was planning to have laundry underway by 4pm. The dryer hook up went smoothly, it fit perfectly and looked quite spiffy. In came the washer a few minutes later, it fit snuggly next to its mate. My laundry room has never looked so good. I am dreaming of sorting clothes as the delivery man starts the demonstration of my new washer. Disaster. The washer makes a noise, that even I can tell isn't right. The delivery man pulls out the washer, checks the connections and tries again. The noise is back. The new washer is removed and another washer is promised on Friday.

While in the big scheme of life this is just an inconvenience, BUT today this is a semi-disaster. This means two more days without laundry. That means we will go 2 full weeks without completing laundry. I may never get current on laundry again! I will be doing laundry until La Nina starts Kindergarten to catch up. Sears just doesn't understand the critical nature of laundry in a household that consists of one kid and one Magster! This is bad. Very bad.

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If you are interested, the pictures of Maggie pitching a fit over Unket's last washing are posted. Our old washer and dryer are in the photos, may they rest in peace.