Woes of Drinking and Laundry Here it is, 7:45 am, after a long night of drinking tequila shots and beer. I thought of making a drunk update at one point, but by the time our friends left I was on the verge of passing out. I don't even remember taking out my contacts or getting in bed or any of that stuff, but I know I did. I was so tired. It was 1:30 am when I got in bed. We played Asshole, a drinking card game. I started out as vice-president, but ended up as secretary or asshole the rest of the time. I was a very insubordinate individual. I told the king (my husband didn't want to be called president) to fuck off, I stuck my tongue out at him, I would refuse to drink. I've been drinking too much lately. I don't really want to, but drinking situations continue to arise. I think it's giving me a beer belly, or is it all the desserts? Ugh. I feel sick to my stomach. And I can't really seem to get a decent buzz anyway. I get drunk, but I don't feel overwhelmed mentally. It used to be, that after three drinks I felt good. But now, even though I can tell I'm drunk because of my motor skills or vision changes, I don't have the nice happy feeling. It sucks. I've been drinking about once a week, which considering some people isn't all that much, but it's definitely built up my tolerance. Or maybe it's all the shit on my mind lately that prevents me from letting go. But that is precisely the reason I want to get buzzed! I've got to go make breakfast for my kids. Then I think I'm going to shower and get the laundry washing. I do 8 or 9 loads a week. I hate it. It takes so long, I have to drag it all down to the laundry room, and then there is the literal mountain to fold when I'm done washing. But, I would rather do it all at once to get it over with, otherwise it just hangs over my head all the fucking time. Also, I feel I'm a complete failure when it comes to stain removal and keeping our whites bright. They always end up looking a bit dingy. Yes, I separate colors. Yes, I pretreat stains. Yet, almost never do they come out. And then, what is the story on bleach? It never seems to work for me. I put in more than a cup, but instead of getting yellowy sheets or clothes white, they come out the way I put them in, except now they smell like bleach. Fucking great. And I hate bleach anyway, because it's so bad for the environment. And then, I can't get icky armpit smell out of the shirts either. Supposedly ammonia is the treatment for that, but it does little to ameliorate the situation. I realize this is all very boring, but I need to vent about it. I hate laundry. There is also the continual battle to keep enough quarters in the house. I got $120 worth of quarters recently though, so I'm good for a few weeks anyway. And the laundry room itself? Half the dryers don't dry your clothes, and you have to keep your locker locked or idiots will come steal your detergent. I'm thinking I'm going to put silver nitride in a pretreatment bottle, and then those fuckers will get a nice silver color all over their clothes and skin. Nontoxic, but they'll be labeled as the thieves that they are! |