I made the decision very early on in my first apartment that I would not have bleach in my house because of it’s catastrophic results with clothes! It had done damage to clothing when I was growing up and with me only using natural cleaners, the smell is kind of crazy! When Sean was growing up and when he played peewee football, I should have invested in stock with Shout! because I used so much of it and so often!
But then, Sean got sick. With my motorized wheelchair, it is extremely difficult to maneuver around my kitchen. I can no longer wash dishes and that really bums me out! Because my Mom was vehemently trying to prevent me from getting sick as well, she started washing the dishes with a little bit of bleach.
This morning, just after my Mom got me out of bed, she had to run to her car and she told me to wait to wash my hands. I figured I could just do it myself at the kitchen sink. I use Palmolive Free and Clear dish soap.
It is clear. I turned the water on so it could warm up and I grabbed the small bottle of my dish soap. I poured a little bit onto my right palm and realized that it was extremely watered down. I put it back by the sink and saw a different bottle. When I squeezed some into my hand, it was just soap. I proceeded to wash my hands and rinsed them and I was wondering why I smelled the pungent smell of bleach.
it was sometime later when I finally realized where that smell was coming from. The first dish soap bottle I squeezed into my right hand was not dish soap but in fact, bleach. I found out it was bleach because it bleached my shirt!:
Sean let my Mom know why I was so upset once I discovered this. I was wearing my favorite shirt! My GMFB shirt!
The picture on the right shows how much this shirt is loved because I wear it all of the time! Sometimes, two or three times a week. When I saw the bleach stains, I was completely devastated but I still have to wear the shirt! Bleach stain and all!
As my Mom and I completed our morning routine, I kept saying, “Roont, roont, roont!” like my Dad used to! But, can it really be roont even if I still plan on wearing it?! This was the exact reason why I did NOT want bleach in my house at all!