Saturday, 12 February 2022

The tiniest load of laundry

In 3 days, it would be 10 years since I created this blogger account. I haven’t been as active lately. However, this is the first time in a long time that I actually felt like typing my thoughts.

Most people in my life know that Craigley and I are 2 very different individuals. We don’t see eye to eye on almost everything, and so it is a miracle that we have been married for 21 years (and counting).

For better or for worse, it is what it is!

One of the disagreements we have is about the type of mask that Hans should wear to school. I am a proponent of disposable masks and Craigley would like everyone to wear reusable ones. We can all take a side and argue till the cows come home, or just let it go.

So let’s let it go!

Then what am I doing here? I just wanted to share a conversation from this morning. As Craigley and Hans left for Hockey, Hans asked me for a disposable mask. At which point, Craigley made fun of the fact that Hans didn’t wash his reusable mask the night before. At which point, I wanted to make fun of Craigley about the fact that the only load of laundry he has done in over 20 years consistently has been soaking his reusable mask in a tiny plastic toy pail and hanging it to dry couple of times a week.

It is duly noted that the above paragraph ended in a run on sentence.

Craigley is an individual who works from home and rarely needs to use a mask. Hans walks to school, goes up and down flights of stairs and runs around at recess. His mask gets wet and he probably needs at least one change.

Some of us make convenient choices based on affordability and time. Some of us do 2-3 or more loads of laundry per week. Some of us take pride in washing a mask as required and hold it up as a standard.

Live and let live.