Today I experienced something else that has never before happened to me, culture shock aside.
I almost ran out of clean socks.
For as long as I can remember, I have always owned more socks than I have space for and more than I have ever been able to go through a drawer of. I own them in every color, every pattern, every design. I am known for my creative socks, and receive them often as gifts, so the collection grows. Running out of clean socks has never been an issue...
Until now, when I had such limited packing room. I packed a gallon-bag full, but I have already almost gone through my supply. I still have a few pairs of clean ones, never fear, but I wasnt going to last through the weekend. I had planned on doing laundry today because we don't have class on Friday afternoons, but it turns out that I can't get tokens for the laundromat on Friday afternoons; thus I was stuck washing socks in the sink to have enough to last until I can do laundry for real. That part was the culture shock - Americans, or at least American college students, use their Friday afternoons to take care of all the "extra" stuff that doesn't get done during the week - what do you mean I can't do laundry this weekend? Oh well....
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There once was a girl with brown locks,
Who had boxes and boxes of socks.
Her clean ones reduced,
She washed and deduced,
"I have to more often take stock!"
I TOTALLY had to wash socks and underwear in my sink in England. You could only put money on your laundry card during the weekday business hours..... Hope you're having fun!
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