I Have A Sock In My Pump!

So, the repairman finally came out to look at my washing machine [praise God!] and it’s good news [praise God, again!]. . . doesn’t cost a lot to fix . . . no major problems . . . no parts to order . . . or back order . . . for it seems my friends that I have a sock in my pump!

When I heard the news, I had to laugh - and out loud, very loud at that! In my twisted mind, it kind of sounded to me like a Dr. Seuss book. . . you know, could be the sequel to “I Have A Wocket In My Pocket”. Once the amusement (and the relief of not having to spend much money) wore off, I found a little lesson that I could use [there goes God talking to me again through my washing machine, and if I start to hear voices coming from the dryer – I’m out!], so I thought I might share this life lesson with you today.

You see, I actually created the problem that broke my washing machine! The repairman said that I overloaded the washing machine, which in turn caused one little sock to be pushed over the edge of the tub and into the pump. I know I often “over-stuff” the washing machine, it is after all a “heavy duty” model & I’m guilty of pushing it to the limit to see just how “heavy duty” it can be – not to mention that bigger loads cut back on washing time! The repairman’s remedy for avoiding this problem in the future is to simply cut down on the size of my laundry loads (he says medium-size loads work best) and this should never happen again.

When I was thinking of how my overloaded machine took all it could take & then just shut down . . . I thought of how true that is with life! Sometimes I just push as much “laundry” as I can into my “machine”, in other words I fill my life & schedule as full as I possibly can, and then BOOM out-of-nowhere something breaks! If I don’t take the time to be mindful of my limits, then something small (as small as a sock) or something extra added to an already full load will cause me to breakdown. Wow, something very important to consider here! It seems as though something as practical, and as easy, as cutting down on the size of my life-loads will help to prevent life-breakdown! Sounds easy enough in theory, but now to put this into practice!!!

So, what about you? Got an overloaded schedule? Got too many extra things going on in your life? Why don’t you reduce the size of your load? After all, the repairman says that medium-sized loads are A-OK!

On a side (but related) note, the repairman noticed the smell of my stinky water! [read my last post for an explanation/definition of “stinky water”] I thought that I had taken care of that problem, but it seems that in my haste to bail out all that stinky water from the washing machine I inadvertently left some in the bottom of my mop bucket that I was using to transfer the stinky water to the toilet for disposal.

After he discovered the source of the stink, the repairman was gracious enough to dump the remaining water outside in my front lawn - only after he regained consciousness from inhaling the toxic fumes! [jk – about the guy passing out, not about the toxic smell!] Guess I won't have to worry about weeds growing in that spot any time soon. Oh, and he did save my sock (it was on my front porch by the mop bucket when I got home)so it looks like I won't be having another addition to my "odd sock drawer". [I think the repairman is now my hero!]

Anyway, think I’ll go get caught up on some laundry . . . and from now on I’ll be doing medium-sized loads only!