Clothesline

Come on, everyone does it. It only hurts a little the first time. You don't want to be the only one not doing it.
Alright!! I did it!! I hung my clothes from a clothesline on the balcony of our apartment.
There are clothes hanging everywhere in this part of Shanghai. Out of windows, on rooftops, across balconies and between trees on the sidewalk. I literally have to duck under blankets and sheets walking around town.
We have a very small washing machine that is also a dryer. When I say small what I really mean is tiny. Two towels or two pair of jeans is all it will hold. Forget about washing a sheet. The dryer function takes forever, about 2 hours, and the clothes come out damp. So, I have given in and hung a clothesline on the small utility balcony of our apartment. I really never expected to hang my clothes outside to dry. Just another adjustment to make to Shanghai living.
After almost a week I think we are making the best of the rest of the changes and differences. The baby cot that we have is really a playpen not a crib so my safety comfort level is low and Madeleine is sleeping in our room. Hopefully we will have a better baby cot in Singapore. It is also an adjustment having a kitchen with none of the staples I am used to in my own pantry. We decided the other night that we would eat in. I had bought some pasta and tomato sauce in the jar at the grocery store and that is what we had. It filled our bellies but that's about it. I would NEVER feed Lee that at home!! At home it is pasta from scratch and homemade sauce. The ingredients for that dinner alone would be $100 not including the kitchen tools I would need. It looks like a lot of eating out!!
As Lee would say, it's part of the adventure.