Laundry Mishaps

I've explained before how my wife is directionally challenged. This is on takes the cake.

My wife had the occasion to have to go to a laundromat to wash one of our large comforters. I found her a laundromat fairly close to the house that i knew she could reach easily.

Or so I thought.

Me: "Okay, I found a laundromat. Do you know where the Uptown Cafe is? The laundry is in the same shopping center. It's called Roundabout Cleaners." (It's just a couple of miles from our house)

Her: "Yep!"

Without much fanfare, or directions, she left. Some time later, I get the phone call I knew was coming.

Her: "Where is this place? What's it called?

Me: "Roundabout Cleaners. Where are you?"

Her: "I'm on Swan Creek Road!"

Me: "Um, why? That's no where near the Uptown Cafe."

Her: "I thought you said Swan Creek Cafe!"

This was a quick lie by her. What really happened, I think, is that she had just been to that part of town the previous day. Muscle memory took over and she drove there without thinking.

Her: "How do I get to the laundry?!"

She can get to places from our house, but has trouble connecting one to the other directly. So I stayed on the phone with her, guiding her to her destination, turn by turn. Once she found it, we hung up.

Five minutes later, the phone rang again.

Her: "I forgot my laundry detergent."