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__LAUNDRY!__ Ever since I was a child I have been taught never to say the word hate because it is to “strong of a word.” But you know what I HATE, despise, loath, and dread laundry. Don’t get me wrong I don’t want to wear dirty clothes because that would be gross; I like the feeling of putting on a freshly cleaned blouse. However, I hate the actual process of laundry. For starters in today’s technology washers and dryers have been decked out with all this new fancy complicated equipment. HELLO, new flash, I shouldn’t have to go through a 10 step process of button pushing and lever pulling just to start the washer. I don’t understand why we can just throw it in and press start.

Then 40 minutes later we have to go back to switch the load into the dryer which I find to be tedious. You would think that with all our “advanced” technology we could make a machine that washes clothes and then dries them with out having to switch those clothes into a new machine.

As if this was not bad enough sometimes you have to deal with everyone else doing laundry at the same time as you. So when I want to switch my freshly washed clothes to the dryer, the dryer is already being used by my brother! If the dryer is not even going anymore because he forgot about his clothes, being the lazy and “loving” sister that I am, I end up throwing his clothes on the top of the dryer to make room for mine. However, little did I know my brother would learn to do the same thing to me when MY clothes are in his way. Later when I come out to get my clothes I grab them from the top of the dryer and notice that some of my favorite shirts are missing. This is because they have fallen down the pit of death known as the unreachable spot behind the dryer. I will always wonder how many socks have fallen back there.

To continue on with the horrors of laundry I hate it when I start to dry my clothes and I forget I was doing laundry in the first place. I then come back 5 hours later and all the clothes that I put in the dryer are wrinkly because I left them sitting there for to long. And let’s not forget the most “exciting” part about laundry, putting it away. At least for me this is a hassle because I never have enough hangers to hang up all my shirts, sweaters, jackets, and PJ tops. Even if I were to somehow manage to finish ALL of my laundry I don’t have enough drawer space for all of my jeans, sweat pants, shorts, skirts, and PJ pants. This drives my crazy because of those times when my mother is completely illogical and yells at me to do my laundry. It won’t all fit! I seriously can’t have it all done at one time. This rant may sound childish, immature, and lazy but you know what when it comes to laundry who isn’t. ­­­­­