Some of what we learn is done in school. Some is from experience. We all remember our experiential lessions. That time we left the red sock in the load of whites. The time we ran the 100% cotton sweater through the hot load. The time we doubled everything in the reciple except for the water for the rice. These are the things that harden us. These are the things that teach.
Last night, my daughter learned one such lession. She had her gym clothes to wash, so we told her to gather some clothes to fill out the load. She did, and they started it on normal. It moved to the dryer. I heard this funny loud noise, but they assured me there were only shirts in the load. I opened the dryer to check, and the only thing I saw making the noise was a button on my daughter’s shorts. I restarted the load.
The load finished. I took it out. It was covered in red dots. It seems my daughter (age 11.9) had left a Neutragena Lip Gloss in the pocket of her shorts… which went through the dryer. Luckily, this time it was her clothes (last time, when she was younger, it was my work shirts, and I was the one who forgot to check the pockets). We were able to get about 90% of the stains out, after running things through twice. She still needed to get a new gym shirt.
The lesson: Always check the pockets! I think she’ll remember it now.
P.S.: She is still shillin’ for her magazine drive. For those on my friends list who want more information, take a look at this post.
