laundry adventures

after brushing the ants off my pant[ie]s, i heaved my laundry bag over my shoulder, and headed downstairs, 7 quarters in my pocket [1 for good luck] and laundry detergent in hand.

i loaded my clothes into the machines, poured in the detergent, then starting inserting my quarters. but despite the number of quarters i sacrificed, the machine still said i owed $0.75.

fortunately tall dan was also doing laundry, and he offered me a quarter of his own to see if it would help knock the other quarters down. it didn't. so i asked if he had a bobby pin, but the best he could do was a pen, which was too fat to stick in the slot, though i tried anyway.

i moved my clothes to another machine, and with his donation of $0.50, got the laundry process started.

and then i remembered i was wearing a bobby pin in my hair, so i could just use that to launch my assault on the machine. i wiggled it around, poked and prodded, peering into the shadows. eventually, after much frustration, i unjammed the jam, and liberated $3 in quarters from the machine.

minus twenty-five cents because i got greedy and wanted to see if i could get any more out/test if the machine was working now. but i will just consider that my kind-hearted donation to the next person who does laundry on that machine.