Five Minute Friday - Laundry

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 Today I´m linkin up with Lisa-Jo again. It´s called 5 minute Friday and the rules are quite simple: Stop. Drop. Write for five minutes. Easy. 

Today´s topic: Laundy

Ummm, well... let´s see where this will take us in five minutes, because very honestly I´m not quite sure if I´m creative enough to spend five minutes thoughts to laundry. Why?

The obvious reasons - doing laundry is boring, always the same and nobody really likes it, right?

The hidden reasons - I live first floor in my parents house and we share a kitchen and the cellar (amongst other things). So, we also share the washer. Due to my mom´s unstoppable "I start doing laundry first thing Saturday morning"-schedule and my own "I prefer sleeping in, pouring myself a cup of tea, reading the newspaper, checking my mails, doing some other stuff... and at the very last position ... doing laundry and cleaning the bathroom"-schedule, my Mom´s already done before I even think about it.

Thanks Mom. Concerning laundry I´m the most spoilt 26-year-old woman in the world.

Not that I wouldn´t do it or offer it, but everyone who lives together with his/her parents after a certain point knows, that each one has a certain schedule and if this schedules don´t match you can either argue (a lot) or just let everyone do their own schedule. With all advantages and disadvantages.

Yup, five minutes. Have a nice Friday y´all, enjoy the sun - your washer won´t run away in the meantime.

Five Minute Friday - Comfort

 Today I´m linkin up with Lisa-Jo for the first time. It´s called 5 minute Friday and the rules are quite simple: Stop. Drop. Write for five minutes. Easy.
All on one word: Comfort

Comfort is snuggling in on the sofa, wrapped into a big blanket with a book in my hands and a good cup of tea next to me. Of course it is essential that my black fur-monster is curled up on my feet, peacefully dozing (and snoring).Comfort is coming home in the evening when all my family is gathered for dinner and we just talk about things that happened in each other´s life that day. Comfort is knowing that there are people who will back me up, no matter what happens. And with that knowledge you can have the courage to leave your comfort zone. Go abroad and see what life holds for you. Sometimes it takes some strength to step out into the unknown, when life in comfort zone would be just so easily soothing you into staying on your couch. Why expose oneself to the risk of taking damage in any way? Or just find oneself in a situation you don´t want to be in? Why leaving family, friends and habits for a certain time, when you don´t know what it is you trade it in? Why overcome the fear that you will lose what you already have?

Because even if it goes totally wrong and you have the worst time of your life, you get something back: You grow. And when you return and snuggle in on your sofa it is even more comfy than it´s ever been before.