I have a lot of laundry. I mean–Monica would be really mad if she knew how much laundry I have…but I’m working on it.
And, yes, I can explain it all!
Before we left Kuwait, I had to hold my laundry a week before we left, because I wanted to make sure that I wouldn’t leave a bag in Kuwait. So, for a week–I had clean laundry. Then, I got to Iraq and there were twice as many people as normal (2 Brigades worth of people) here at FOB Hammer. So the laundry was slow. I had to think of a strategy.
I needed clean T-Shirts. With the twenty item per bag limit, I sent 20 T-shirts to the laundry. It took 72 hours to be completed. By the time they were back, I needed underwear. In goes 20 pair of underwear. Um, by that time I got them back–I needed socks. Luckily, they count a pair of socks as one item. So, 72 hours later…I get socks back.  Uh oh…with some days in-between and the nine days to clean everything else. I needed T-shirts again.
Luckily, all of the other unit has left and the laundry has a 24 hour turn around. So, yesterday, I took two bags down to the laundry with mix and matched clothes. I made a big dent in my laundry pile. But, I also now have 3 uniforms to get cleaned.Â
I will get caught up, but it may take some time.
Jameson says
Hey brother,
So if I have the same issue in the states with laundry does that make me bad or just a man? You are just an example of where we all are without our wives. Props to the women in our lives that are so gifted in “encouraging” us to do laundry amoung other things. Praise God that the other unit left and laundry is faster. The whole process makes me wonder how many bags of laundry there are in pergatory I mean Kuwait. The great untapped resource for new or like new uniforms. I bet there is some army system of selling them to the soldiers again.
Your Brother,
Jameson