No world outside this real one.

Odd sensation being cut off from my imaginary friends. Even if it is at least partially self imposed. It’s not that I don’t like spending time with my family, I do, but it’s also that I miss those moments when, even virtually, I can step outside my life and lean across into someone else’s. Because the grass is always greener isn’t it?

Someone else has got the miraculously self cleaning house, or perhaps the self sorting washing pile, or crockery that washes itself and then climbs into the cupboard. I think it’s the laundry that gets to me though, the never ending succession of half inside out chocolate stained t shirts, and trousers with pants still clinging inside.

Or is that only in our house?


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4 responses to “No world outside this real one.”

  1. I’m still looking for that recipe for a self-cleaning house. I was loading the dishwasher today ( the new house came with one!!) and I was reminded of a toilet I saw in Germany. You step in, do your thing, and walk out and before the next person can walk in, the whole room auto washes. While I think that’s a bit overkill and not totally environmentally friendly, I think it’s a concept they can work on, surely.
    Do you KNOW how many extra hours there’d be in a year if it wasn’t for laundry and dishes?

    1. laundry. I hate laundry. I hate that it’s never finished.

  2. Aprilia has finally solved the pants still attached to the leggings problem…. she doesn’t bother with pants :-O Her rationale is that the leggings are dirty by the end of the day anyway and will be washed so what’s the point wearing something that’s supposed to keep your trousers clean enough on the inside to wear for several days if you have yet to master keeping them clean enough on the outside! I’m considering just buying her cammo/combats and telling her if I can’t see the dirt it isn’t there….

    1. lol. Small went through a phase of that, but it was because he couldn’t find pants as he never puts them away 🙁

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