laundrymat=BLISS!

When I got off work today I came home to piles of laundry in my room. I had been putting off my laundry all weekend indecisive as to where I was going to do my chore, at my moms it would be free but takes forever to do the amount I needed to do. I could do it in the community laundry room at my apartment complex but that would also be a long enduring task that would cost about five dollars a load at five loads not to mention fighting with the eleven other tenets not my cup of tea. So here I am at the laundry mat have five loads spinning in the dryer and the total wallet damage adding up to eight dollars! Now many of the family's around me always stare when I come to this particular heaven of a laundry mat, they can tell I'm not from this side of town. This is the only place where I, a white,single female, is the minority. I'm a west side girl who drive 15-20 mins across town to the south east side to do her laundry. Yes surprising they do have laundry ma mats on "my side" of town but they arnt nearly as fancy or as cheap. I have found the only place that has cheap brand new machines, never busy, they serve food, a mini arcade and kids place center, there are flat screen tvs with cable and free internet! I can't forget to mention the nicest staff who are always cleaning and opening the door helping people fold laundry and the owner who always pops his head in offers free donuts and pizza on the weekends. I do believe that I'm correct in saying this is bliss for anyone who doesn't have a washer and dryer in their home! I find the drive peaceful as I plug in my Ipod and take in the sights as I journey over to the Express Coin Laundry.

Now about the family's.
I'm a people watcher I love to see how people live their life and I take interest in how the children are behaved. I currently see a mexican mother who has ten children, one of them obviously has downs. She is a little sweet lady who has clearly raised her children right from what I can observe. The three older children, two girls one boy help her load the entire row of big five load washers while her two middle daughters unload the groceries bags full of lunch sandwiches, chips,juice boxes,cookies, and pop. The rest of the children play quietly in the kids corner watching tv. Once in while you'll hear a shot out from one of the children mad at the other and an older member comes running to handle the situation. when they are done the father of the family shows up in his dirty work clothes and loads All the laundry up while the family cleans up any mess they have made. This family amazes me with how kind and how good they work as a team. I see them every time I do laundry and hope that one day I can have a family 1\5 the size of theirs that will work so closely together in times of need.

Then there is the stereotypical "white trash" family. I don't feel bad about this label because if you are going to act the way I'm about to describe then we must be put in your own category of people, there is no excuse. This trashy family is a mother who seems quiet she does all the work loading the washers and dryers, folding the laundry tending to the children, she hardly speaks. The father automatically gets his free cup of coffee,asks if there will be any free pizza and plops down on the couch and demands that the tv channel be changed to the local news. The children run lose as if this is there first time in an amusement park, tearing through the toys screaming and begging for attention from their father. The mother gently approaches them to calm down and catches the fathers attention. Then comes the yelling, father yells at children, mother yells at children, father yells at mother as she walks away to check on the laundy and tells her to check. On the "dame laundry, I ain't going to be here all fucking
night". Luckily enough I have only run into this problem twice being disturbed by another family. Sometimes you got to take a chance when you want luxury. I kinda chuckle because it sound funny to put luxury and laundry in the same sentence but hey when you don't have the opportunity to do your laundry in your own home this is the next best thing. Express Coin Laundry.....I heart you and your amenities!