The Laundry Disaster

Funny moment today and I started thinking about how I was going to word it in my blog so that other people would get it, you know? I think I do that sometimes, I experience this funny situation in my life that doesn't really come out well on paper. Well....."paper".

But I mean, sorry about it. No feedback? No complaining.

So, let's leave the funny inside joke story aside and I'll just tell you that my friends and I...we're hilarious. Honestly, come have dinner with us because it's funny. Not me, really, I just sit there silent-laughing so hard there's soup bubbling out of my mouth and running down my chin and into my lap.

Laughable moment #2 - the Laundry Disaster. (Dun dun duunnnnn)

I washed my comforter last night imagining how nice it would be to curl up into a clean fresh blankie when it was time to go to bed. Literally, I was envisioning this:

But no, that's not what happened. What really happened was the washing machine was thrown off balance because the comforter was shoved to one side, so it stopped halfway through the cycle. Which meeaaannnsss, my bedtime blankie was sitting in a puddle of cold, dank water when I went to fetch it. It was 2 in the morning. I was not prepared to deal with this. Literally. That machine needs a dollar to run and I didn't have any money. Slammed the lid shut and spent the rest of the night cursing my non-fluffy, non-detergent-smelling sheets.

The pseudo solution the next day was the funny part. I enlisted my friend Dan to help me problem solve, and the only workable solution we could come up with was to drag that 300 pound dripping wet blanket down the hallway and into the yard to wring it out so we could stick it in the dryer. At this point I had a dollar, but just one, so it was either the washing machine or dryer. Yeah, blankets made for queen beds hold a lot of water. Wringing it out was a bit ambitious. I think we managed to water the grass a little. I got a bath.

We couldn't put it in the dryer, we couldn't bring it back inside, I definitely couldn't sleep in it... Right now it's draped over my car, Harold, so there is one car in my college apartment complex parking lot that is...snuggling with a giant blankie. Tonight, Harold is going to sleep like that accursed little teddy bear and I'm back to seeing how many times I can roll myself in my sheets to get the maximum amount of layers covering my body.

Happy moment #1 - the feeling you get when someone gets up to help you wash the dinner dishes without saying a word.

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