Mommy of Many Goes A’Knocking

Sometimes it really does take a village. In this case it took a neighborhood of washing machines to help me get some laundry done.

Last week my washing machine stopped working. The following day I spent much time pouring over a box of papers looking for my warranty. The good news was that I found it! The next day I spent a good amount of time on hold with the warranty company. By the time I hung up, I had an apt. for repairs the following day. So, I jumped through many hoops to make sure I’d be here when they showed up. Well, the time came and went and no one showed up. 3 phone calls later, I was told that it was impossible that I would have had an apt. Hmmm…..REALLY?! So, back to the phone with the warranty company, where I was assured they would get to the root of the problem and call me back. Uh huh. No phone call ever came in. So, yesterday I spent more than a half-hour on hold waiting to get through so that I could speak, in a decidedly even tone and let them know that I needed my machine repaired! Yep, I played the “9 kids, no washer for 4 days” card. Well, I’m supposed to have an apt. tomorrow between the convenient hours of 12 and 5. However, I do 4-6 loads of laundry a day, everyday and that means that the laundry has now taken over the laundry room and there weren’t any clean towels left.

This is where the knocking comes in. I decided I better ask a neighbor if I could do a load of towels so that the kiddos could shower before school tomorrow. Once I got that load going I had the bright idea of asking other neighbors if I could do a load at their homes. Bottom line-I was able to get 4 loads done and now the kids can go to school in clean underwear AND dry off with a clean towel.

Life is good!

So, let’s hope that rearranging my schedule for, yet another day, will produce a repairman at my door! And to the various neighbors who lent their washers and dryers to the cause…..Thanks!

Good night~

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