Laundry

The photo above shows a nice dry, windy summertime day when close would be dry within hours of putting them on the clothesline in the hot summer sun. However, now the weather is a bit more moist and, it's even raining occasionally. Thus, it can take a few days for clothes to dry and for items like sheets - it's highly inconvenient to dry them on the clothesline. We needed to use a dryer and fortunately, there's a cleaners nearby where one can drop off laundry.

So, last week I took the sheets and pillowcases off the bed and took them to our nearby dry cleaners/laundry place and attempted to drop them off for their same-day cleaning. The owner hesitantly accepted my bag of sheets and pillowcases but then handed it back and told me that it didn't weigh enough. Apparently, there's a flat rate for five kilograms of laundry. The owner would let me pay the flat rate for less than 5 kg of laundry. It was very thoughtful of him, in the typical Israeli fashion. Nonetheless, isn't often that I can get to the cleaners' after they don't open until the later hour of 7 a.m.

So, today I took a larger load to the cleaners that I thought was about 5 kg. The guy at the counter took my bag and told me that my sheets, jeans, and sweatshirts might be ready today. So much for same-day service! He told me I could call him after 5 p.m. to see if he was able to get my laundry done. After class and evening services, I rushed back before 7 p.m. and indeed, the clothes were done and I was thrilled to have fully washed sheets, jeans, and sweatshirts!