Summer means a lot of things to a lot of people. Two
months of school holidays. Road trips. Campfire s’mores. Sailing. Being
awakened at 3:30 a.m. by annoyingly cheerful birdsong. A quieter pace at the
office. Fresh fruit and outdoor markets. Buskers on street corners. Music
festivals and baseball games. Mindless romance over meaty high fantasy. Top 40
radio over CBC 2. Comic book superheroes over true life adaptations at the
movies. Long sunny days and short starry nights.
Ice cream.
I decided last laundry day that my favourite summer
thing is no socks in the wash. Hand-fluffing those suckers between the washer
and dryer is time-consuming, occasionally frustrating and, on a cold rainy
afternoon, finger-bone-numbing. It’s worse in winter to be sure, but now that
spring has arrived, my hankering for a sock-free summer is as acute as a
parched throat anticipating lemonade.
Perhaps I should explain.
In gleeful defiance of my envisioning power, the
laundry facility is located downstairs from our suite, in its own room off the
back deck, ergo the “cold rainy” … er … I want to say complaint, but Ter
spent a year of Sunday mornings at a laundromat because things hadn’t worked to
plan where we were, so having a washer/dryer on the property where we are is a
bonus by comparison, so let’s just call it an minor inconvenience. In summer,
it’s great. I visit with the neighbours and play with the house dog, and catch
the sun through the open door while I’m sorting the whites from the colours,
but in dodgy weather, it’s a tad more challenging because of the gosh-darned
socks. They won’t dry properly if I don’t fluff ’em en route from the washer,
so precious time is spent handling each cold and clammy item when I’m sure a
wiser individual would simply toss them as is into the drum and add an extra
dime to the drying time.
Yes, I’m whining. For some reason, sock-fluffing was a
pain last week and I began to think fondly of my sandals. Summer won’t be here
for another three months, but I see socks becoming toys for the wee bears in
the very near future …
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