Laundry service

Perhaps rather than returning to work at the college on May 1, I should open my own small business: a laundromat. Since I'm doing so much anyway, why not have people drop off their dirty laundry and pay me to take care of it? I might be able to combine smaller loads and save on expenses.

I have found myself doing at least one load of laundry per day. Never could I have imagined the volume of spit-up this adorable baby could generate. When burping time arrives, Isabel has an uncanny ability to either turn her head so that it is just on the edge of the burp cloth or projectile spit so that it runs down my back, arm, chest, and/or leg, and sometimes even hit the floor, chair, bed, or other home furnishing.

I have long been a firm adherent to the "clirty" clothes philosophy. Because I don't sweat profusely and tend to change clothes once or twice a day (from workwear to casualwear, e.g.), I can generally wear a pair of trousers or a shirt a minimum of twice before the article must be laundered. It's not freshly cleaned, but it's not completely dirty. Rarely do I get that opportunity now; most of my clothing goes straight to the hamper thanks to our little shining Star. Our laundering demand has grown out of scale with household population growth. We must do much more of it and much more frequently; you don't want spit, poop, etc. to set in and permanently stain the material. Thankfully, we have the "smart" washer with a sensor so that the unit fills with the minimal amount of water necessary for the load.