Laundry

Laundry.  It’s a funny word when you type it all alone.  But I digress…..

There are lots of laundromats here in Cozumel.  So in theory, I do not have to wash my clothes.  I admit, it is kinda nice to drop off dirty clothes, and pick up clean nicely folded clothes the next day.  But I prefer to wash my own.  For a few reasons.

The laundromats can get expensive.  About $5-7 USD for a plastic grocery bag of clothes.  It’s not a fortune.  But it adds up, and I’d much rather spend that on other things.  The laundromats use really smelly soap.  Kinda nice.  But tooooo strong!  And shlepping my clothes around town. Not my favourite thing to do.

More importantly!  I like washing my clothes by hand here.  Especially in my lovely outdoor sink!  With my bar or Zote Laundry Soap.  For some reason, I have a thing for Zote!  I think it’s the simplicity of it. There is a zen to hand washing clothes with Zote.  When one has few clothes to wash, and not many other responsibilities. 

I like drying my clothes outside too.  This place has so much great outdoor space for it!  

Pictures

1) My awesome outdoor sink!  I love that I can do laundry while looking at tree branches, and enjoy the breeze!  Notice my bar of Zote in the bowl. 

2) From google.  A picture of Zote in its packaging.  It comes in pink too.  Not for me!  Zote means “all”.  Makes sense I guess.  I kinda preferred when I thought it was just a fun word. 

3) I think my drying setup is clever.  I put the wet clothes on plastic hangers so they don’t pick up rust from the railing.  

4) Not really laundry related….But I was so excited!  I made a finger!  For my new gloves!  I’ve never knit gloves before.  So I’m doing lotsa learning.

5) My view from my knitting bench in the park.  I like that they’re using rakes instead of leaf blowers.

6) This statue is a Monument to Mothers.  The text says: “No ames lo que eres.  Sino lo que puedes llegar a ser” “Don’t love what you are, but what you can become.” A quote from The Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes, who wrote Don Quixote.