Laundry Day Blues
Our much-needed and trusty washing machine has a problem!!
It isn't working...kaput, finished en klaar!! Keeps on tripping out and the technician who came and had a brief look, couldn't actually find out what was bugging it!
And this bugs me because this fancy job of German origin was supposed to last us a long time without any problems. We've only had it for 4 years and it should have lasted much longer that that,...hmmm, was supposed to be the 'best' on the market...all sales talk!
Repairing it is our only option, of course, but good technicians are a little thin on the ground!
But we'll find the right person...he's out there and we'll find him, for sure!
OK, so in the meantime we'll be visiting the laundromat diagonally across from us....a new experience for Monkey who has always prided herself that she can do it all alone!
Never needed or wanted extra help, but now need help with the 'heavies'...the sheets and the towels...everything else can be hand-washed, not a job Monkey enjoys, but needs to be done never-the-less!
So here goes, soft little monkey-paws into the soapy tub...and happily (what??...happily??...you gotta be joking!!) scrub away!!
So life carries on despite the washing machine blues and all.
But nothing is too overwhelming, everything can be overcome!
I find inner strength that surprises me, especially when everything is looked through a humorous filter!
And the washing is washed (with great love) by hairy monkey paws while my hairy ears pick up heavenly sounds wafting out of my very ancient little radio! And I sing along lustily when something tickles my fancy!!
Ha! Life certainly has its magic moments, even when doused in a haze of OMO soap bubbles!
And the laundromat is becoming a very familiar place....it's a great help with the 'heavies'!! Nice lady in charge!
I spoke to a friend whose (once-upon-a-time) wash-day blues astound me! Here is the petite Han with a belly-full-of-baby bending over a bath filled with laundry. And then later with Babe strapped to back, she goes and fetch water from the nearest stream....and I think I have problems! Ha!
What an experience....but this is just another Earthly experience. And I love what she said at the end of our conversation....
she is grateful for where she currently is in her life...a life of much less physical struggle, but more challenging!
Maybe more challenging for her this time around, but not so challenging that it overwhelms her. She is an example for us less-challenged folk....she gets on with it regardless.
Life was never meant to be easy...it is meant to BE LIVED! And to be fully EXPERIENCED....laundry day blues and all!
Bhakta-Anjana, 4 October 2014
#saturdayscenes #treeoflife #biography
Our much-needed and trusty washing machine has a problem!!
It isn't working...kaput, finished en klaar!! Keeps on tripping out and the technician who came and had a brief look, couldn't actually find out what was bugging it!
And this bugs me because this fancy job of German origin was supposed to last us a long time without any problems. We've only had it for 4 years and it should have lasted much longer that that,...hmmm, was supposed to be the 'best' on the market...all sales talk!
Repairing it is our only option, of course, but good technicians are a little thin on the ground!
But we'll find the right person...he's out there and we'll find him, for sure!
OK, so in the meantime we'll be visiting the laundromat diagonally across from us....a new experience for Monkey who has always prided herself that she can do it all alone!
Never needed or wanted extra help, but now need help with the 'heavies'...the sheets and the towels...everything else can be hand-washed, not a job Monkey enjoys, but needs to be done never-the-less!
So here goes, soft little monkey-paws into the soapy tub...and happily (what??...happily??...you gotta be joking!!) scrub away!!
So life carries on despite the washing machine blues and all.
But nothing is too overwhelming, everything can be overcome!
I find inner strength that surprises me, especially when everything is looked through a humorous filter!
And the washing is washed (with great love) by hairy monkey paws while my hairy ears pick up heavenly sounds wafting out of my very ancient little radio! And I sing along lustily when something tickles my fancy!!
Ha! Life certainly has its magic moments, even when doused in a haze of OMO soap bubbles!
And the laundromat is becoming a very familiar place....it's a great help with the 'heavies'!! Nice lady in charge!
I spoke to a friend whose (once-upon-a-time) wash-day blues astound me! Here is the petite Han with a belly-full-of-baby bending over a bath filled with laundry. And then later with Babe strapped to back, she goes and fetch water from the nearest stream....and I think I have problems! Ha!
What an experience....but this is just another Earthly experience. And I love what she said at the end of our conversation....
she is grateful for where she currently is in her life...a life of much less physical struggle, but more challenging!
Maybe more challenging for her this time around, but not so challenging that it overwhelms her. She is an example for us less-challenged folk....she gets on with it regardless.
Life was never meant to be easy...it is meant to BE LIVED! And to be fully EXPERIENCED....laundry day blues and all!
Bhakta-Anjana, 4 October 2014
#saturdayscenes #treeoflife #biography
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