So let me start by saying, I am so grateful for a roof over my head, a warm, safe place to live, a healthy family, and food on the table. I’m grateful…really I am.

Well let me take a minute to mention that I am so done with temporary housing. While everyone here at The Red has been so wonderful with making it as easy as possible, living as a family of five in two tiny apartments across the hall from each other has grown old.

Like moldy, old.

As in five people in two beds for the past 48 days – old.

Well my friends..we have two nights left.

TWO!

So I thought I’d take a minute to go over the things that I will look back on and be so glad to be done with!

One. Word. LAUNDRY.

I finally got over the scary basement situation..mostly because our clothes were stinky and I had no choice.

Remember this?

Cute, huh?

Well each of those machines cost 3€ to run for 3 hours.

3€ for 3 hours for the washing machine.

3€ for 3 hours for the dryer.

You put the coins in the little box.

So fun, right?

First time I tried this…guess how long the washing cycle lasted?

Oh yeah…THREE HOURS!!! I was dying!

I don’t think those clothes have ever been so clean. The other ones are jealous..

So my previous habit of ALL the laundry, every Friday is out the window. Everything gets washed on the shortest cycle – 40 minutes made for hand washed items.

And this is what my laundry life looks like multiple times a week.

My favorite part…no really! My favorite part is that the clothes don’t actually ever completely dry because the dryers don’t vent to the outside. And because they are purposefully being difficult.

Yeah…I’m talking to you, number 4. {evil eyes}

And the part of being an expat that never (usually) gets old is the language barrier.

Google translate is my bestie.

So there you have it. What I won’t miss.

Life is never dull.