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I have not yet started the actual "packing", but I've started making lists and gathering things...
Outdoors, the remnants of storm Floris from Britain has been shaking the trees and throwing water at my windows every now and then throughout the day.
I was convinced that I had booked the laundry room (in the basement of my building) for this afternoon (12 onward). However, "something" made me go down already around 9:30 to double check... Good thing that I did! because it turned out I had actually accidentally booked the 4th (yesterday) instead of the 5th! ...
... BUT the laundry room happened to be free until 12... So I hastily re-booked, darted upstairs to gather the things most important to get washed - and managed to get my two loads done before 12. The first one (towels etc) went in the tumble dryer; and even the t-shirts in the second lot got some 20 minutes in the drying cabinet (and actually got almost dry in that time, since there were only a few of them).
In Swedish we have a saying: "ha tur i oturen", meaning "to have good luck in the midst of bad luck"... I can't think of a corresponding common expression in English? If you can, please enlighten me!
Perhaps "to find a silver lining"?
ReplyDeleteI think JayCee may be correct.
ReplyDeleteI did not know about this expression, and can't think of anything that relays it. OH, how about every cloud has a silver lining?
ReplyDeleteYes we call it a silver lining here or just plain old good luck.
ReplyDeleteYou may have missed the date, but it all worked out even better in the end
ReplyDeleteSo glad to hear of good luck with your laundry! I have to carry mine outside to another building and we’ve been having rainy days. No reservations so I try usually to get there early mornings. But I’m not a morning person…
ReplyDeleteOh I love your mug!
ReplyDeleteLike JayCee, I was thinking of the silver lining.
ReplyDeleteGood job I don‘t need to book my washing - with my rather unorganised neighbours, I imagine we‘d forever be arguing about whose turn it is…