dry time

 This morning the cat is respectful, and comes into the room shyly at nine. She makes polite noises that she would appreciate food if it were at all possible. What is wrong with the animal? There is no knowing this, perhaps it is just a new tactic. Insofar as that she gets fed, it works.

Get up and get dressed. Start to sort the clothes into a black pile and a coloured pile. The coloured pile includes the white things.

Bring them all upstairs to the bathroom where the washing machine and the dryer are. Empty the things out of the washing machine, the wife seems to have forgotten them. Fill the washing machine with the the black things and put washing powder into the tray. Start the machine, and then go upstairs. There are clothes up there, find a pair of clean trousers. Go back downstairs and change into the clean things. Put the jeans into the box with the coloured trousers. Set the timer for an hour.

Wipe the floor in the downstairs kitchen. Over the past week it has become rather dirty.

Read the newspapers. Listen to the news, realise that Europe is now going to have to provide for its own security. This is probably a good thing, it is surely better than having to rely on partners that change their minds every few years. 

After an hour the washing is done. Put the damp things into the dryer and fill the washing machine with the coloured clothes. Start both machines. Go downstairs and set the timer for two hours. That will be the time that the dryer needs.