At the first, make it quick!

I really can't imagine what would have been the outcome this morning if we didn't have a washing machine. At the first opportunity of sun, we immediately washed the clothes. It has rained for days. No, weeks. And I do not recall the last time that I was able to properly dry clothes under the sun. Not a luck these days this month.

We first collected the laundry from all over our place. In the bedroom, at the sala, here, there, wherever! We had a lot of laundry.

We filled the basins, big and small, and the pails, small or big, with water. Then quickly drenched the clothes, put them in the washing machine by batch then kept the machine to work. Rinsing was done every after a batch was washed by the washing machine. We did the work over and over until everything has been washed, rinsed, and spun. We hang all the clothes. We set up new hanging rope and secured it to place. I then put the clothes, again by batch into the dryer. Until now, the dryer is working.

It was a relief that we made it quickest. Washing all the clothes all at once with the help of the washing machine. After 2:00 P.M. the drizzle soon became rain again. Rain rain rain! Again! Some of the children are complaining... Why does it keep on raining? Well, it is the rainy season, I told them. This is already expected. We would be lucky if once in a while, the sun shows up and the clouds rest. I think it will be a while before the rain subsides this day.

Memories come back. Those days when we didn't have washing machine and dryer. And to make it worse, I was so lazy to wash the clothes while they are not yet full in the hamper. I always waited for the mountain to emerge before washing by hands. Although it was better washing by hands because the clothes come cleaner, I can't compete with the volume of clothes. My hands would be completely sore by the time I was done washing. Sometimes, it would take me days to be able to finish up. But I was a housewife back then. Then imagine the rainy season where there is no sun to dry the clothes. I hated how it felt back then. But even then I still had pride not to buy washing machine. I could have saved up. Or loaned. But I didn't know anything about gadgets or appliances being loaned before. It was only until two years ago that we eventually bought our beloved washing machine. The first ever! My first try with a washing machine!

Buying a dryer only came to me when I realized that the spin dry was not enough to let us through the rainy season. I think it was also two years ago, I have forgotten, when I ordered a dryer. Just the simple dryer that consumes a lot of electricity. But I didn't mind. I just thought of it as my expense as if I brought our clothes to a laundry shop.

I just thought that in the future when we will be considering improving our residence, I will put more effort strategizing the layout of our place to make it have more space for clothes hanging. There should be a place allocated for all clothes to dry even without the sun.

Yes, we live in a place, which is mostly cold. I was told that in other places, you could have the clothes dried by the end of the first half of the day but in our place, we always needed to wait until the afternoon or the day after or the next and the next depending on the weather. And during the rainy season, you don't wait for the sun but take advantage of technologies.

And if you're not quick, you'll always lose the chance to have the clothes dried by the sun. To make it more economized, I use the dryer only during rainy seasons or during emergencies that I need to wear something, specifically.

Meanwhile, this is my warm-up article! It's cold over here. But I won't say very cold because there are other places that are so much colder. Actually it is still better at our place. No wonder many tourists come to Baguio.

Enjoy your coffees and mufflers and socks and jackets during the rain! Though right now I am not drinking or wearing any of the mentioned. I told you it's cold here but not yet very cold during this month. Though it is advisable to have those to prevent colds from developing.