Laundry Day

​This old gal….
Got the tables turned on her…
At the Ezy Kleen Laundromat….
Not much going on….a few people here and there…women…men…a dad and his young teen…
This husband of mine….got lost in the video game corner…using our laundry quarters strategically to try to win a game by knocking quarters off a ledge…into his eager hands…
I cheered him on…cuz why not…you’re only young once…have a little fun while things tumble….
Returning from a load check…the teen smiled at me…like we had a secret…and asked how the video game was going….
We joked that we were sure the win was big….
When his folding job was done…he joined us…with quarters of his own…playing the Candy Claw…and cheering my Mr. on….
He’s 15…. loves the Huskers…used to live in Lincoln…has an older brother with autism who benefits from stress balls at school…plays Minecraft but not too much…and worries he has OCD because he likes structure….
We shared his Candy Claw candy….while we talked…and tried to decide if we liked the blue raspberry chewy prize…
He and his dad said good-bye as they headed out…
And then I realized…today I wasn’t the observer…at the Ezy Kleen…I was the noticed…this 15 year old…with the kind smile…who loves Sour Patch Kids….wondered about MY story…
The mom me…loved talking kid talk…the teacher me…loved it even more…someone..somewhere…knew just what I needed…
A Laundromat…BFF
And this husband of mine…agrees.