Washing Machine Blues!

I was not ment to live in the age before washing machines, and now I find myself without one. Here is my story. We bought a new washer and dryer just under 2 years ago after our washer flooded our laundry room and kitchen days after we had our new wood floors put in. Well, about a month ago the washer kept giving me an unfamiliar code on the digital monitor when it was done. When I would go to put them in the dryer they would be still dripping wet. I would then put it on for an additional drain and spin. This would only happen if I was washing jeans and darks. Well it started to do it with every load. I finally decided to run a load and check to see what it was doing. Well, I found out that it was skipping over the washing and rinse cycle completely. So I called to have it looked at. A guy came out the Saturday after Thanksgiving and told us we need a whole new basket. He ordered the parts, that would be shipped to us, and would come back today to fix it. I rationed out clothes we would need up through today and went to my friend Shanell's and did some laundry. He was suppose to show up between 8am and Noon because it is my turn this week for carpool. So I sat around all morning waiting for him but needed to go to the grocery store. Well, noon came and went and he hadn't shown yet. I called to have someone pick up the kids for me because he called at about 1:30 and said he was on his way. When he got here I asked what happened to before noon? He got the times mixed up and thought I was from 1pm to 5pm. No big deal! I am easy going. So he starts to work on it and as he pulls out one of the big plastic parts, it is cracked and that won't work. So, now I have to wait till Monday at the earliest for someone and the new part for it to be fixed. My visiting teacher suggested I put the clothes in the tub and start scrubbing! It is a good thing we are friends, the humor is gone in this situation. So I spent a few hours at the in - laws doing some laundry and then tomorrow back to Shanell's for some more. It is great to have a friend that is there for you. She is going to watch Van and do my laundry while I go and get my hair done. Can't beat a friend like that. And I never thought I would be this needy!