Things happened-- but I am determined today!

Thank you! I have the first load in the dryer right now! I made sure to make sure I put my jammies in the first load in case I didn't do more. I haven't had clean jammies for a few months I can't do laundry every week as for a while we have been having heat indices of up to 104 degrees. I figure my town isn't going to care for me if I cause a townwide blackout because I have to do my laundry! I admire you for doing your laundry once a week. my anxiety gets the best of me sometimes. I want to do it weekly starting in the lat fall when it gets cooler

@LovesEverybody I'm glad you put your jammies in the first load. I hope you can do it more often when it gets cooler.

@just4him My jammies and the clothes my sister put in the washing machine for me when she offered to take my hamper down last week are washed and waiting on my parents' bed for me to use. I usually put my laundry on what was my parent's bed and used them from there when I needed them. however, I am in such a good mood that I may be wild and go against all that I usually do and put everything I wash away. I too hope to do them more often when it gets cooler. This hot weather is making my anxiety very bad. I will be thanking God extra when the weather gets cool. it is very unheard of to get so much 90+ degrees weather around here!

@LovesEverybody It's always good to keep it all caught up, at least it is for me.

@MarieCoyle You encouraged me! I am trying to keep up with most things! I wrote out a detailed to-do list and it is meant to remind me to do things I sometimes forget or don't get around to doing. I have to make another list now for tomorrow. I am almost finished with today's list. I will start to do laundry weekly whenever it gets cooler. I used to do it frequently before this horrible heat. Last year we didn't have endless heat and thunderstorms- both of which I am petrified of

I understand. In my house, it is just my cat and me. so we don't have a lot of laundry- it is just because we have gone so long without doing it that we suddenly have to do so much of it. For a while I was afraid and then we weren't sure if the dryer was broken or not we plan on doing laundry on the next decent day. I could probably do two more loads When my sister was in her teens I assume somebody had to wash her McDonald's uniform and she spent four years of her high school years being a cheerleader so Mommy had a lot I did two loads yesterday so I should have enough clothes, towels, my jammies with pants, and nightgowns for a while as that is what I washed yesterday. I picked out what I thought I needed to wash I washed things i had forgotten I owned!

@LovesEverybody Congratulations on getting the first load in the dryer! It’s great to hear your sister’s encouragement. It sounds like you’ve got this! Keep up the great work!

I have been told they are part of the cycle. but it is so scary! I have the first load in the dryer! I am very proud of myself! I texted my sister and she said I can do it!

@annierose I nodded off because of my medicine, but when I woke up the dryer was off and my first load of laundry was done! I got the clothes out of the dryer and put another load in the washing machine. That will probably be it for a while as it is supposed to get too hot this weekend to use the amount of electricity I imagine the washing machine and dryer use to run I have not been sleeping in my jammies lately, as they had been dirty so I put them in the first load to guarantee I got them washed so I can sleep in them tonight! I can't wait to go to sleep tonight!

I want to thank you so much! Saying "This time tomorrow this will all be over" I love it. I love distractions. Sadly I forgot to practice them lately I didn't have enough time to do all my laundry as it got too late. However, I have two loads done, which are the clothes and jammies I plan to wear, and the towels for the kitchen and bathroom. I picked out each thing I wanted to wash yesterday. I don't know if I washed any washcloths to take baths! I just realized that!

@LovesEverybody I do run the washer in the time a day where the power isn't in high demand.

@paigea I read various people saying that they wash clothes when electricity is not in as much demand. I love that idea. but I have no idea when that is or how to find out. Does your electric company put that on its website or something like that?

I used to do that until the weather became wild and I developed weather phobias and they became a major problem for me.

The same is true for me: I have to do my own laundry as I live almost alone- I live with my cat but still I have to do the daily chores. My cat watches me do chores

@LovesEverybody that's lovely you have cat beside you. it is cute when they watch us doing things.

@grenery8 he is adorable. I always tell him not to just sit there but to make himself useful!

Mine is over 20 years old. I somehow expected it to age well I sometimes run down the steps expecting to see the basement flooded. My floors and walls creak thank you so much for the encouragement and when it gets a little lighter I will put the first load in.

yes, you are lucky! It is just too hot and stormy to do laundry!