<p>I like to do the laundry too! Especially my D’s laundry. How weird is that?? While she’s been gone our laundry was so boring-- black, white, gray, dark blue, occasional muted stripes… I did D’s load yesterday. Reds! Yellows! Greens! Purples! Patterns! She did say she did her laundry Saturday night before she left-- which was Wednesday-- so it must have been less than it could have been. Didn’t seem that way. More seriously, though, she is finding her HS friends a bit stuck in HS stuff. She has really moved on to other things. Good for her. This does have the potential to be a very long month… I know she will find things to do though. One good idea came from a younger friend who has some health issues. My D will be spending some time this month tutoring this young friend and her parents are going to pay her good bucks for doing that.</p>
<p>Laundry, laundry, laundry. :eek: I haven’t touched my children’s laundry since the youngest was in elementary school. I taught them how to do it (throw clothes in, add soap), and that was that. It was just too confusing trying to figure out whose socks were whose, and it took a load (;)) off my shoulders. Both my kids have been back home for a few days, and seem to be adjusting very well… sleeping lots until late in the day, clanking around late at night, visiting high school friends, etc. They both pitched in and helped clean house for several hours yesterday, in anticipation of grandparents visit, but our big “family togetherness” events have been going to the gym together to work out. We all went last night and came home feeling relaxed and tired. (unlimited clean towels, lovely long hot showers, cedar sauna… oh yes, I love my gym!)</p>
<p>Spent Saturday driving to and from campus in the dense fog- safe, fast moving traffic, though (not the day for son to drive my SUV for the first time). Spent Sunday evening clearing the driveway (high winds blew the day’s snow off the roof, into the driveway, of course and thankfully arrived the day after picked up son)- son home to help! Spent Monday getting more milk and doing Xmas shopping. Reminded son to finish his laundry (brought it all home dirty I think) both days, did the last load for him this a.m. to clear the laundry room floor; now it’s piled on top of the machines, have had numerous assurances that he will put it away…today. He has until Friday when I need the space. He did some, folding it as he took it out of the dryer, but I snuck in my load and emptied his on top of the machines yesterday, there it all sits. </p>
<p>Need to take showers before he uses all the hot water, get used to food disappearing…</p>