HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW?!?!
OK. When you put cloth diapers in the washing machine and set it to 'soak,' it doesn't really wash anything...IT JUST SOAKS! Why would they put that feature on a washing machine?!
So, when I looked into the washer and saw diapers, I thought for sure they were ready to go into the dryer. When I felt them, they felt damp, but, hey, they are cloth.
My youngest helped me empty the dryer.
55 minutes of drying later, my wife comes home and goes upstairs with the baby. I went outside to continue working on a project for our garden party next week.
When I came in for lunch, I recounted the things I had done while she was gone, you know, so she wouldn't think I was just sitting around doing nothing. She listened intently and respectfully, even while I talked about the load of laundry I had folded.
"By the way," she said sweetly, "if you look on the dial on the washer and it says 'soak,' the clothes in the washer didn't wash. They just soaked."
Pause, on my part.
There is nothing worse than knowing I just ran an entire load of diapers that had merely been soaked, through the clothes dryer for 55 minutes. HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE ME TO GET OVER THAT?!
It's a good thing my wife has a sense of humor. 'Cause I am certain she would have thrown me out a LONG time ago.
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