For those who took the quiz, and those who didn't.....

Anyone who took the quiz and wanted to see the answers asked for them to be emailed to them, I'm sure. (The quiz is closed now.)

But here are a few details that amuse me:

Flowers. Iris is my favorite right now, but I love both rose and lilac, just not quite as much at this moment. I am, in fact, allergic to all of them, but it doesn't mean I like them less for it.

Foods. Chicken parmesan is a doubly-whammy: a blended flavor that's too rich for my tastes, and cheese, which means I'd have to take a pill to be sure it wouldn't upset my stomach. Mind you, I don't necessarily love the other choices (though Twix bars and lentil soup, I do), but I like them just fine, and won't wince if they're served to me.

Pets. You all are in for some pet stories somewhere in the near future, I think. Sweety was a cat I named when I was five or so. My mother thought I was nuts to give him that name, but he lived up to it. And Jack was my parakeet. Lightfoot was another cat, and Basta is a cat who is still living with my parents. Shadow was the first name I thought of randomly that wasn't screamingly obviously not me, but which name I had also never given to a pet. (I'm sure no one would have any trouble guessing that I've never had a "Fluffy".)

Techno-geekery. Laptop would have been at the top of the list 3 months ago. It'll be a few years before I recover enough from the laptop nightmare to view a new one with such enthusiasm, I think. *grins*

And for those of you who answered house by the ocean - not as much as I want the forest. If I could get a house by a stream, in a forest, a half-hour's drive from the ocean, that would be just about perfect, though.

Languages: Spanish and English. I'm capable of saying a few words, but not a sufficient vocabulary for directions, in Japanese, German, and French. (Yes/no hello/bye sorts of things. And 'idiot' and 'oh, cute!' in Japanese, thanks to my friends...none of which vocabulary will so much as let me ask where the bathroom is, were I ever to need to.)

Laundry.

So, last week we did our laundry at a friend's house, because we couldn't do it here, because our laundry was "closed until further notice".

This week, our laundry is open again, but you have to sign up with the managers for when you'll use it and for how long (preference given to people who've been tenants longer), and they'll unlock it for you. Competing with our neighbors isn't a big deal - we long ago discovered that no one else wants to do laundry on Saturday afternoon, unless it's a one-off and they're desperate. Since I generally spend at least one day each weekend at home, and Scott sometimes does as well (but is more often out gaming at least in the evenings), we have mostly done laundry on Saturdays or Sundays, and it works nicely.

This has happened once before - the signup sheet, not the "closed until further notice" sign preceding it. At that time, we all got a notice about not washing stuff that had oil/chemicals/pet hair in it, in the laundry. Turned out the two college-age boys in one of the units worked as mechanics and were tossing their work clothes in the machines and other stuff was also getting washed that, umm, wasn't kind to the machines or the loads after them, especially not if they were overloaded.

No statement of how come it was done this time, but I'll just put these facts out there:
The notice that we needed to sign up also reminded us that the laundry is for things like clothes and towels, not for shoes, boots, carpets, and other heavy stuff. (No duh These are standard machines and not built to handle that, which is why my comforter, quilt, etc., went to the laundromat last time they needed cleaning. They'd be lucky not to kill the machines in the laundry and they certainly would not get cleaned properly.)

It stated that children under 18 aren't permitted to operate the laundry equipment and, with the exception of children too small to be left alone in the apartment, are not permitted in the laundry room at all.

And when I went in to do our laundry today, one of the washers (not the expensive one, which can handle larger loads, thank goodness) and one of the dryers (the expensive one, which can handle larger loads, drat) were marked as out of service, with tape over the coin slots.

Okay, I can't piece together exactly what happened, but I have a half-decent idea. I also have clean clothes for the next week, which is a happy thing.