Wonderful Weekend!

We have a new washing machine!! YEAH!!! Ok, so that might not seem like the most exciting thing in the world, but after two weeks without one, it does seem pretty fantastic to me! Our washing machine broke down two weeks ago, and our landlord (yes, the pleasant, helpful, friendly landlord) agreed to "fix" it. She "fixed" it, only for Megan to put a load of washing in and have the same problem we had before. Needless to say, we were all quite upset (Megan most upset of all - it was her laundry that she had to hand wash and drip dry) and so we went back to TimePlan to try to rectify the situation. After a week of the landlady avoiding calls and being stupid, she finally came out and said, no, she wasn't planning on fixing it. Unfortunetly for her, part of our rental agreement states that our house comes with a WORKING washing machine. Bob from TimePlan was very helpful, and about the same time that he told us we were moving out, he also told us he was buying us a new washing machine. It took about a week to get it delivered and installed, but now we are up and running and washing again! Needless to say, after two weeks of no washer, and seven people with laundry to do, it's been crazy. Another hardship (my life seems full of those lately) is that we can only hang one load up to dry at a time. We don't have a dryer, so we hang everything. We can fit one, maybe two if we're lucky, so it'll take awhile to get through the 6 loads we have to do. Not to mention the laundry that is piling up in the meantime. But I won't complain, at least we don't have to go to the laundry mat. Last time I went (two weeks ago, when it first broke) the lady was so rude, and sh explained how to use it, but she explained it wrong!! Then she got mad when I asked her to run the laundry through again - with SOAP this time! Imagine, wanting to wash laundry with soap!! I specifically asked her to show me too, because I didn't want to make a mistake!

We've had a pretty lazy day. I spent all morning cleaning up our room, which has been neglected with work being so hectic and long hours and being away. It feels pretty good to have things put away where they belong, and the floor vacuumed and stuff. And I managed to finish another Jodi Picoult book. She comes highly recommended. I even have Ryan hooked! For a boy who doesn't do much reading, he polished off a 450 page novel in a matter of days!