One of the (many) setbacks about living in university residence is that we have to pay to do our laundry. The machines are pretty small, too. It's like we're getting a penalty for not stinking.
Fortunately for us, we have friends who have a house off of residence, and they let Em and I come and do our laundry for free. Often times they also give us beer and food. They're double-rewarding us for not stinking, which is totally unnecessary and equally appreciated.
One of the best parts about it is how seriously Em and I want to save $4. We pack up all of our laundry (her in a muddy laundry bag, me in a green plastic garbage bag), and trek for fifteen minutes down one of the busiest streets around before we arrive.
We definitely look the part of university kids. Or a homeless kid, on my part.
All in all though, it's a great excuse to escape off of residence for a while, for lots of reasons! Sanity is one. Sanitation is another (frankly, who knows what's been done on the couches in the common room). Sleep is another! Em is sleeping there tonight because a group of hooligans (which may or may not have included me) were being loud last night past the allowed-loud hour. Instead of karate-chopping us, she's decided to get some zed's elsewhere and in a relatively non-violent way. That's a good thing; fankly, she could totally take me on.
I really need groceries.
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