Clean to Dirty to Possibly Clean

This morning I pulled the tag off of the shirt I was going to wear to work today, but by the end of the day, it was no longer in pristine condition. Coloring and drawing pictures can be quite a project, especially if you need to tell them what they need to be drawing or have the outline already drawn. It gets even more interesting when they completely color one piece of paper with one color and then fold it into a paper frog. Who knew that handling that type of paper would turn your fingers the same color as well as anything you touch? Storytime is usually better, unless they spilled on themselves during lunch and then climb on your lap. In which case, you end up with some leftover mulukhiyah, a somewhat slimy green sauce on rice, on your lap as well. The baby room is next on my schedule and so far I haven't had to change any diapers. It seems like every day, I'm asked to do more and more in there, which is very exciting, so chances are rather good that I'll change my fair share of diaper before the summer is over. However, as excited as I am for that prospect, I did have one 'first' today. One adorable baby decided to throw up on me. It's not the first time ever that has happened to me, but it is the first time this summer.

Shortly after cleaning up a bit, I headed home to throw in some laundry because since today is Wednesday, that also means it's water day! Washing clothes in Jordan is a much different experience than in the States. It's much more labor intensive, but it's still easier than washing the clothes by hand. After filling up the washing machine and letting it run for about five minutes, the clothes need to be wrung out and placed in a separate compartment to spin out. Then you drain all the water and put in clean rinse water. Let the machine run for another five minutes, wring the clothes out, put them in the spinner, and then hang them on the line to dry. It's not a difficult process, but it's more time intensive. And judging by the color of the water when the machine is done, who knows if the clothes actually get clean or if they sat in dirty water for too long. Yep, definitely grateful for washing machines that work!