On my “to do eventually” list has been washing all of Baby Tse’s clothes, hooded towels, blankets, etc. I never had a desire to get it all done in one day. Therefore, I said I would do a little at a time. Since we are already 34 weeks along and there is a possibility our baby boy could come early, I decided I would make a start on it.

I went into his dresser drawers to pull out some things to make a small load. I saw that the next item of clothing to be washed was socks. I hated to mess them up because Ray and I had them all placed so neatly in these cool drawer trays we bought, but it had to be done. Instead of scooping them all up at once, I picked up pair by pair so I could look at each of them again. Towards the end of my gathering, I ran into a problem. There was ONE white sock left! How could that be? All of his socks are brand new, came in pairs, were taken out of the package and put directly into the drawer!!! I wondered how the heck a sock could be lost considering they haven’t ever been worn. I know the story of how washing machines and dryers can “eat” a sock, but they had not even been washed before! I was pretty frustrated!

It isn’t like he doesn’t have enough socks. If worst would’ve come to worst, I could’ve easily parted with that one sock, but I didn’t want to! When Ray and I were putting his socks away weeks before, I thought, “I have mongo feet and still somehow manage to lose a sock. So, how will we ever keep up with all of his tee-ninsy socks?!” I knew it might happen occasionally, but I wasn’t worried because I knew I would be washing things like that in a laundry zip bag.

Well, I was facing that problem before I washed his socks – heck, even before he is born! The good news is that I found his missing sock after looking for about 30 seconds in the drawer. It had fallen behind the tray. I just found this new experience pretty funny and worth sharing! I’m actually thankful for little predicaments like this because it will be good prep for the big ones I experience in the future! :)

~T.T.