Satuday April 2 it rained. It was the first rainy day we have had this spring. Dan went off to his French class at 8:00 and I slept off my sugar hangover from Friday’s Caban à Sucre. Later on I had to do the laundry so I started my first load, with two others to do. When I came down to put the first load in the dryer, I felt like I was walking into a mysertious crime scene. The washer and dryer were both akimbo, there was a broken piece of wood on the ground, and the change receptacle from the washer had actually come out! Obviously, the washer was out of commission. I guess there must have been some major imbalance although why the washer did not automatically cut out I don’t know. I was in desperate need to do the rest of the laundry, so I put the one load of washing in the dryer (which was still functional) and packed up the rest of my laundry and headed off to the laundrymat two blocks away on Fielding. Earlier that day I had went out to get groceries and my jacket was wet so I had washed it in the first load and I had managed to leave my umbrella at work on Friday. Therefore, I had no choice but to go out into the rain with just a sweater! Fortunately it wasn’t too cold or windy and the rain was not too strong.
I found the landrymat ok and there were many washers free so I put in two loads and went to the depanneur next door to get a snack while I was waiting. After while some creepy guy came in and started reading the newspaper while drinking a beer but there were so many people coming and going that I didn’t feel too worried. Soon, Dan came. He had came home from his french lessons just after I had left and he had found my note. Fortunately he brought our other umbrella! We put the washing in the dryer, which dried an entire load in about 20 minutes for a dollar, and then packed everything up and went home. When we arrived I checked the load of drying I had put in out dryer (which cost $1.50) and after a hour of drying the clothing was still damp! From the ones washed and dried at the laundrymat, our clothes were in the best shape they had been in since we arrived here, which I guess is a plus to all this. The washer is not fixed as of yet, so I may have to go to the laundrymat again, but that may not be a bad thing after all!
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