In My Life

We’re at the laundromat around the corner from our hotel. It’s been quite an experience already and we’re still at the washing stage. Just been evicted from the old church pew, where we were waiting, by a drugged-out black man who has now swathed himself in a sheet and blanket. Maybe this is his daily resting place. Keeps nodding off but then suddenly he begins to sing along with the radio playing in the background.
Earlier two black guys were here secretly carrying out what looked like a drug deal. While that was happening a little Latino woman with no English gave me a quarter because I was one short, and put in three of her dimes to get some detergent. All this time Glenys was talking with anther woman who gave her a detailed autobiography.
To thank my helper I went up the road and bought her some peanut-toffee at a Chinese pork-bun shop. She was incredulous and didn’t want to take it till Glenys gave her hug and said, “Please”.
Apparently there is a big marathon here this weekend and so we are lucky to get a hotel room. Now we’re negotiating with the Filipino owner so we can stay till Tuesday.
We both slept well and long.
My only gripe about all our accommodation this far: they only give you donnas, duvets, comforters (call them what you like) and they trap the heat and are just too hot for me. I much prefer cotton or woollen blankets.
Later we’ll go to the Apple Store to see if my MacBook is fixable and then begin exploring.
Washing finished now.
Before I could put the money in the dryer, the little Latino woman with no English was coining it up with her quarters: her way of paying me back for the toffee?

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