Bright and Shiny

Things seem to happen in threes.  Or sometimes tens.  Right now, in this household, it’s money laundering which, on the whole, is far better than Kleenex laundering (which has also been high on the list of Retirement Options).  Not that I’m really concerned about the spending qualities of bright vs grubby.  It’s just so much easier to deal with coins than with shredded Kleenex, no matter how clean.

It all comes under the heading of “The Tyranny of the Laundry”.  I first ran up against that concept shortly after I retired but I can’t claim credit for the name.  I think it was Patty Thomas who first first used those particular words in my presence — words that describe the situation precisely.

All Too Familiar

Nyel and I have actually had lengthy discussions about THE LAUNDRY SITUATION.  Like why is there so much more of it now than when we were working?  Did we not wash clothes as often?  Did we go around in dingy whites and dull coloreds?  Worst of all, did we look unsightly?  Or smell?

We’ve given ourselves a pass on all of the above, but for the life of us, we can’t remember much about doing laundry pre-retirement.  When did we empty the hamper?  When did we carry the loads of dirty clothes to the washer and transfer the clean, wet masses to the dryer?  More importantly, when did we hang and fold and touch up with the iron? We have no clue.

Post-Retirement Job Security

There are worse things to blot out of one’s memory, of course.  But it is curious that of all the unrelenting aspects of “doing the laundry” we remember none of it.  Sometimes, I guess, selective memory trumps tyranny.  (Or am I turning into a Republican?)