The Laundry Room

It's high time I let the world know of a fear I deal with on a normal basis. Most of you reading this just thought of like six fears of mine off the top of your head. Discard that thought and let us deal with a pressing issue....My fear of the laundry room. The laundry room isn't really a scary place (well that's not completely true...side story...my laundry room last year was a little sketch. Once when I opened the door there was this kid standing there, doing his laundry imagine that. It freaked me out so much that I awkwardly said "I am going to do my laundry" yeah that was weird for everyone involved.) it's just what you would expect it to be. Good Ol' coin operated money sucking washers and dryers that have washed one too many loads of gross college laundry. Fun fact: sometimes clothes actually smell worse when they come out, it's like a magic trick! The reason I have a fear of the laundry room is completely irrational, its mostly based on the fact that I could see someone in the laundry room the same time I am there. For example I just walk into the laundry room with a basket full of dirty laundry planning on doing my laundry in peace, and there is someone else there. What do you say..."So, come here often"....."Want to hang out later and fold laundry."...."I noticed all your unmentionables in a pile there, do you always wait till you wear them all before doing laundry.".....It's just has a lot of potential for awkward situations. Not to mention you are doing laundry and doing laundry usually means that you wear whatever is in the bottom of your drawers, the stuff you only wear when all your roommates leave for the weekend. So there you are wearing some not so flattering clothes carrying a laundry basket back and forth from your apartment to the laundry room and you face the next pressing issue...not dropping anything on your various trips back and forth. Heaven forbid you become 'that girl' who drops some of her *ahem* underclothing on the sidewalk and doesn't even know it. Plus you have to be speedy quick when getting your laundry out of washers and dryers I would probably rather wash my clothes by hand then find my clothes in a pile on the table where someone decided to remove them from their proper washer/dryer place. This fear makes my laundry doing quite obsessive. Here is my usual plan: 1. Do laundry at really random times, Tuesday afternoon everyone else in class equals high time to do laundry. 2. Always check laundry room for empty washers before carrying your laundry all the way to washer. 3. Save up all laundry till there is nothing else to wear and then do four simultaneous loads to replenish your wardrobe. 4. While carrying your laundry take three steps and then check for any falling items. 5. Dream of the day when you actually own your own washer and dryer and you can really do your laundry in peace.