Oh yes. The Laundromat.
BACK-STORY:
I’ve been a fortunate soul for most of my life to reside in places with in-house laundry. How ironic, then, that with a house of my own, and a fabulous main-floor laundry area, I’ve been a frequent Laundromat Visitor. If you read my blog, you’ll know that my washing machine broke down a couple of weeks ago. And don’t think Kenmore will get through this unscathed (without a VERY JUICY LETTER). It’s a nice front loader… six years old… and naturally yours truly had the XTRA insurance for the first FIVE years. So, even if you do math like I do, you’ll quickly come to the understanding that there was no “fix-it” insurance. I called the “fix-it” guy, who was running a week and a half behind on estimates. He came in, charged me $68 to tell me that it would cost at least $500 to fix it, and it would be at least three weeks. So. I went washing machine shopping, found the same one that I have at Sears on sale and it will be delivered on Saturday. 
Tonight’s Laundromat Peeps:
The short, fat guy who delighted in sitting ON TOP of the counter even when the L employee followed him around telling him to “Get Off!” For him, I suppose, it was a game. Maybe he was timing the woman on her response time.
The tall, sketchy guy who paced up and down and called three hundred numbers on his cell phone. He never SPOKE to anyone, mind you… Just paced & dialed. Paced & dialed. The routine was interrupted several times to go stand outside the doorway and smoke.
The curly-haired woman who was talking to the elderly woman about her body wraps, which had taken all the toxins out of her body, temporarily caused her fabulous weight loss, and removed the traces of the sexual abuse she had suffered all her life. I insisted that my little guy go and “try to use the potty” just as the discussion got really interesting.
So. The next time you’re aching for a story… or just need a place to go to remind yourself how fabulous you are… you totally know where to go…
Our www.RYWnow.comsite (the teen feng shui place to be) has been getting a lot of traffic. Much of it from www.stumbleupon.com. So I poked around there and it’s kind of cool. Go visit if you like a smorg of blogs….
Deanna! That 25peeps site? NSFW! I just saw boobies and butts! Ooops!
(I didn’t stick around long enough to see if your picture was there. I didn’t want some student to sneak up behind me and see badness!)
November 14th, 2007 at 12:21 pmErin!
November 14th, 2007 at 4:53 pmThanks… I removed the link - I didn’t know it wasn’t “everybody” friendly. Sorry if your eyes popped out of your head. I’m willing to contribute to therapy… eeekk
Heee, it didn’t offend me (I’m not that much of a prude) - it just caught me by surprise! And then, I was worried that one of the boobies or butts WAS yours, and that I suddenly knew too much information about you.
Hope you had a good day!
November 15th, 2007 at 3:28 pm