clothes

One detail of my new job that I don’t think I have mentioned, here or anywhere for that matter, is the fact that I need to wear actual shirts. I have managed to get by with polos for the past few years.

This creates a problem for our old system of laundry, and as I have discussed before ironing isn’t really something we practice around here.

Well, it wasn’t:

What you see there is me ironing a shirt with a brand new* iron, on a brand new ironing board. You are probably thinking, “but he has had that job for quite a while, and its mid week already… shouldn’t this have happened sooner?” Yes, yes it should have! I got by using up every single shirt I owned, and then wearing a few that I though looked ok straight out of the wash. The wrinkles caught up with me eventually though, so I broke down and setup the ironing board.

I suppose I would be better off doing a batch of shirts to at least cover a week, but for now I only did enough to get me through to the next night where I will have time to tackle a few more shirts.

I hear rumors of shirts that are more likely to come out of the wash in a wearable state, and plan to research that rumor in detail soon. I will miss the days of polos, but outside of the ironing aspect I think I have adapted well.

-Jordan

* when I say “brand new” I mean the same kit that has traveled with me for years, still in the factory packing 🙂

As I write this, the last load of move-backlogged laundry is in the drier, and Heather and I almost have our bedroom closet stocked with work clothes instead of whatever happened to be at the top of the box that got dropped in the room Saturday.

As anyone who was involved with any part of our moving may remember, we have a lot of clothes… and when I say “we” I in this case mean Heather. Although, I do find that a XXL sweatshirt of mine takes up a lot more room than most of the things Heather has… anyway, our new place has maybe one third the closet space we had in Omaha. A lot more room, just not as much storage. We are going to have to get creative, and I fear buy a few items to make our new home feel as tidy as things were back in Omaha.

No mate what it takes to finish getting moved into the new place, the reduction in drive time is amazing! Getting two (plus) hours put into your day makes life so much better! I know I had an easy commute before this all started, but having gone without that extra time for a few months makes me really enjoy my evenings. Granted, most of my evening time has been spent unpacking, but this is only the third work day I have lived in Des Moines. I am sure I will come to take it for granted, but it certainly makes having moved feel good.

… and that load of laundry I mentioned just buzzed, better go attend to it 🙂

-Jordan

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