Headed downstairs into the basement on Sunday to do a little work on the week’s mountain of laundry. (I know. If I did a load or three during the week it wouldn’t be so bad: but that just doesn’t ever seem possible.) I had run the first load through the wash earlier and started the dryer, and put the next load to wash. I couldn’t hear the dryer so I figured those clothes were done and it was time to fold, load the dryer, load the washer.

The thing is, the clothes in the drier weren’t ready. They weren’t damp. The were wet. I checked the lint trap not too much there - but I cleaned it out anyway. I slid the drier out from the wall and looked in the vents. Not too bad I had cleaned them out a few weeks earlier. So I connected it all up again, set the time on the control knob and pushed start.

Nothing happened.

The drier is 6 years old. We have repaired it twice at over $100 a pop. 20 minutes later i was at Home Depot ordering a new dryer that was delivered today at 3:15. So I had to leave work early to deal with the delivery.

I walked out to the car and noticed a sizable bubble on the side of the right rear tire.

I crossed my fingers and headed for home and made it without a blowout.

Now my nice new drier is sitting in the basement waiting to be connected to electricity and the vent while I sit at the tire store waiting for them to replace all four five-year-old tires. Hoping they get them done before I have to pick up the boy.

The bright side to this tale of woe is that thanks to the miracle of e-filing and direct deposit we have already gotten our federal tax refund.

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