What is it about washing? Whoever you are and whatever you do, you can’t seem to get away from it. Absolutely everyone is involved in washing. From the mothers with 10 children who are at it (washing that is) from dawn til dusk, to the Hollywood stars who take off their costly frocks and fling them into a basket. Maybe they fling them at some minion instead but whoever they fling them at even they cannot deny this makes them part of the washing super-chain. Life is tough enough but washing makes it tougher – especially when you live in a dryer-less household. I remember coming home from hospital after my youngest was born to see the same two washing-clad maidens that I’d set out the day before I went into labour. I wouldn’t mind but I was in hospital for three days…My heart sank to join my belly and boobs as I gazed open mouthed at the now cardboard clothes before me. My husband had earlier boasted how easy it had been looking after our eldest daughter during the intervening days. “I’m not bloody surprised!” I wanted to shout, still gawping at the sorry-looking garments. But I didn’t. I was far too focussed on steeling myself for the trip upstairs, the real ball-buster that I knew would be there to face me. The overflowing laundry basket. It did not disappoint. Such was my heightened emotional state that this huge pile of dirty clothes prompted a lump to form in my throat. I admit I almost cried. All I could think about was the uphill washing slog ahead which our newborn would treble overnight. “It’s going to get worse before it gets better”, I warned myself. Indeed within days, the house resembled a ginormous pile of clothes with a chimney perched on top. I soldiered on like a trouper, eventually seeing the laundry level take a slight dip for my efforts. I’d broken the back of it! A few air punches followed until I remembered the simple domestic equation: lots of washing = lots of ironing. Sigh. Now that’s another story entirely.
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