Undervalued Technology

There is one technological advance that I have completely undervalued in my life…until now. What is that certain thing, you may ask? Surely it must be the computer, for it is how I am doing all of my communication from Egypt, all my lesson planning and emailing. Or perhaps it is the mobile telephone, which enables me to order food or deliveries of my dry cleaning in only a moment, from where ever I am. Nay, it is neither of these things. The appliance that I speak of, my friends is the clothes dryer. What? A dryer, in this day and age? This is what I am so impressed with? You bet! I have been without a dryer for two weeks now, which was no big deal with my clothes, because I brought enough to last that long or they were air-dried. However, I did have a problem with my sheets. My flat mate was told that there would be a twin bed in her guest bedroom, which is what my bedroom is. However, since I was staying for so long, they were kind and made it a double. Which yes, is much better than trying to relive my memories of falling from my loft freshman year of college. But, I had only brought twin sheets. The school was nice enough to provide sheets. I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking, ‘Well, you’re in Egypt, hello! Egyptian cotton.’ Think again. Think more along the lines of prison sheets, washed in fiberglass. I threw my twin sheets on the bed and tried my best. I bought sheets when we want to Carrefour (the local version of Kmart). Since we didn’t have a dryer installed yet, I figured I would just wait until we got one to wash the sheets and put them on my bed. Our fabulous cleaning lady thought differently. She was appalled that I would sleep on sheets too small for my bed so she put the new ones on. They did fit the bed; forming right angles on every corner they were so stiff. I have been doing just fine, until today. THE DRYER WAS INSTALLED TODAY! This was a momentous occasion for me. I was officially going to wash my sheets and dry them. I was thinking that they might be at least a little bit softer once they had been washed and dried. Who was I kidding? They were TONS softer! I am currently sprawled out on the softest sheets ever to have graced the face of this earth. (This may be a slight exaggeration but I doubt it) These sheets are like buttery soft goodness that slides against me like only the finest fabrics would. (Not too bad for some Kmart sheets, huh?) I don’t know who invented the dryer and I am sure they have long since departed this earth, but if they were still alive I would give them a huge wet, sloppy kiss. Maybe a well-structured and enthusiastic thank you letter would suffice, depending on age of the inventor. (Let’s face it, I am not a big boobed blond and the inventor is probably not Hugh Hefner) So I would like to take this moment, to acknowledge the underappreciated appliances everywhere. I appreciate you! I value all that you do for me, all the fabulous moments that you have made daily occurrences in my life. I must say, that this goes out to my dryer, without whom I would still be sleeping on stiff, scratchy sheets. I love you lady! (I decided to make it a lady because it is going to be interacting with my cleaning lady on a regular basis, and I am not sure that her husband or her conservative nature would be okay with her being that close to another male. Big love for Karima, may she have as many wonderful experiences with my dryer as I have)