Laundry

Laundry is not so much of a chore for us as it might be -- we have a nice washing machine.

However, it's small compared to what we're used to.. Two days of clothes (for two people) is pretty much a full load. One set of sheets and pillowcases is a load. Towels are another load. Consequently, I pretty much do a load of laundry every day.

It's not so much the washing (although each load does take almost an hour and a half), but the drying that's an issue. Our clothes drying racks are on the way from Virginia, so right now, we have to hang shirts on clothes hangers and hang them on a drapery rod and lay other stuff out on a bed to dry. We turn on the ceiling fan to move the air around, and turn over the clothes on the bed every few hours. Still, it's so humid that nothing really dries. Everything I pull out of the closet feels slightly damp. Even after wearing clothes for the day, they still feel damp. Even the upholstered furniture feels damp. I'm going to have to get used to DAMP!!!

Hanging sheets from the balcony rail

Drying towels and pillowcases on the beds. Fortunately, these are brand-new mattresses, still wrapped in plastic.