Express Wash

Today my CI called because her kid still has a fever.  Noone can cover for her so we are trying to reschedule patients and so I'm just hanging around the basement waiting to find out what time I have to go into work.  Good thing too because I started the washing machine this morning...I used the "express cycle" which was supposed to take 23 minutes.  Nope.  1 hour and about 50 dirty sink water bucketfulls later...it finally finished.

Just to back up, the washing machine leaked last weekend too.  You might not think that really happens, I know I didn't, but it does.  Only it wasn't really the washing machine leaking, it was draining out into the big laundry room sink because it supposedly does that if you use the dishwasher and washing machine at the same time.   The garbage disposal and dishwasher are also connected to the same pipes (I don't get it); so not only was there soapy water in the sink, but also Eve's previously disposed meals including carrots and tuna.  Delicious.  

I was watching a movie with Ted and Elizabeth when EB came in to report that there was "a little water" in the laundry room which really meant about an inch of water all over.  Luckily there were some brooms, a door leading outside, and a strategically placed laundry basket that I could stand in to avoid the nasty water buildup.  I felt like I was fording the river in Oregan Trail.  So this could have happened again this morning, but I caught the rising sink water just in time (twice) and was throwing the water out back onto Eve's porch and plants in my work clothes while it was raining. Right when she was pulling into the driveway...oops ;)  Then she tried to tell me I should use the express cycle and saw that I had and there was only 1 minute left...which turned into 30.  Never thought I would hate seeing soapy water in a sink so much.  

Eve's theories never cease to amaze me.  So far, the dishwasher makes water leak everywhere in the kitchen even if it hasn't been used in 3 days, and turning a lamp on means you hit the power strip and the internet stops working. :)

I'm rambling.  And thinking we should just cancel our whole patient load today :)