Ode to a day off...

(Reposted from May 31, 2010)

Picture it...

Saving the Monday off of work to clean up the house a bit before going out of town...

Waking up early, sorting through the clothes all over the room, preparing to mow the laundry...

Throwing what I slept in to the pile as well, 'cause hey, I'm home alone, right?

Going to the laundry room with an armload of clothes to start in the wash. Open the washer to see clothes already marinating. Drop everything I'm holding and start pulling clothes out of the washer and turn to open the dryer to throw those in.

Clothes already in the dryer. Enough lint in the guard to make a new sweater. Move those out of there, clean the lint tray, then start again putting the clothes from the washer into the dryer.

Get back to what was the original starting point, and fill up the washer. Load the clothes in, reach up for the fabric softener. Fill up the Downy ball and throw that in too. Reach up for the laundry detergent, to find...an empty bottle.

Now, nude, hunting through mail downstairs and hiding from the windows to find what I hope that I correctly remember was a laundry detergent sample that may have come in the mail.

Oh, my glamorous day off of work! Happy Memorial Day!