One Last Washing

Since I’ll be back in Canada in less than two weeks, I decided to do one last washing of clothes before I go home (As soon as I get home, all my clothes will get thrown into a washing machine, with some tide and then thrown into the dryer with a Bouce sheet, and in less than two hours, all my clothes will be clean, dry, wrinkle free and they’ll even smell good! I can’t wait! :o)

Washing clothes in Haiti is no easy task, but I feel as though I’ve finally mastered it. That doesn’t mean I like doing it, but at least I can do it!

Before I came to Haiti, like most North American girls, I had no idea how to hand wash my clothes. Now, it’s just one of the many things I’ve learned to do in my time here. It wouldn’t be so bad if I didn’t have to keep changing the water and pumping it out of the well. It’s a lot of work!

I spent three hours washing clothes last Thursday afternoon, only to have a major thunderstorm pour down on them as we were eating dinner. The rain tends makes my clothes smell like vomit, so it makes me look forward to the smell of Tide even more!