Sneaky Laundry

A couple of weeks ago, I knew that Tuesday was going to be a super busy day for me because I had a bunch of “big” things to do:

Ship all the orders (it had been a 3 day weekend, so there were lots!)
Make a bunch of lotion sticks and lip balms
Prep for my (fourth!) podcast.

Plus I had to do all my normal chores like eating, checking email, cleaning my bedroom, practicing piano, and school (just to name a few).

On Monday night when I realized the next day would be so busy, I started doing as much as I could. I cleaned my room then took a shower and worked on the computer and my school work. You can’t really eat for Tuesday on Monday, so that was out.

I also realized that I was in trouble with my laundry. My day to do my laundry is Friday. But I hadn’t done my laundry on Friday since I was excited about the three day weekend. So by Monday night, I was running out of clean clothes. Unfortunately, by the time I thought about it, it was too late to start my laundry and have my sheets dry in time for bed.

And then I had a great idea.

Each bedroom in our house has a day to do their laundry. Tuesday is the busiest day because it is for the three middle boys. Emery, Fletcher, and Greyden all go through a lot of clothes each week. Since the three of them have to get all their laundry done (including their sheets) before bed, they are very eager to do it.

I knew they often raced to see who could start their laundry first, and my brilliant idea was to make use of that fact.

After waking up Tuesday morning, I added something to my usual morning routine. Normally I check email, write, do some blog work, then eat before going out to the soaproom by 7:23. But this Tuesday, I started my laundry before I ate.

So…

When I came in from the soaproom at 8:30, my clothes were in the dryer.

And…

When I came in at 10:15, my clothes were sitting in my room, nice and warm, just waiting for me to fold them.