Dishes Tetris

We typically wash Troy’s spoons, pacifiers, Sippy Cups, etc. by hand. Add to that that we also wash knives, Yeti tumblers, straws, pans, and other things that might be damaged in the dishwasher, and you can easily get a colorful and varied array of items to put on the drying mat. I have found that trying to arrange them all has become like playing a game of Dishes Tetris, so that every space is filled and nothing is hanging off the side of the mat.

My wife will simply get another dish towel out and chaotically toss things haphazardly between the drying mat and the towel. But I rise up to the challenge of getting everything to fit on the drying mat alone by maximizing space. As an added test, I also try not to move something after it’s been placed. So, it can get interesting to fit things in around other things not knowing if you’ll have the right-sized things later on to fill the gaps.