Hard to believe how excited I am about doing laundry.

    But you have to understand: I haven’t had my own washer and dryer for six years. I have been doing laundry in an apartment laundry room, with front loading washing machines that never give me fresh, clean towels, sheets, bedding and clothes.   

Do you know Bed, Bath & Beyond actually sells a product for “stinky” laundry–the stink coming from the front loaders that have that ridge that catches the rinse cycle water. That water sits there and stagnates. It causes stinky laundry.

So yes, the prospect that I might have my brand new Kenmore, Energy Star, washer and dryer, hooked up as early as tonight has me singing.

I can’t wait to smell the freshness of my liquid SA8 towels without the stagnant water smell, and without bleaching out my good clothes and wearing them out well before their life should be over.

I can’t wait to be able to separate my loads into sensible sizes, because it is right here, on my first floor, where it does not require me to lug heavy laundry bags and baskets to a basement laundry room.

  I can’t wait to have a dryer that dries, rather than dumping $1.50 into a machine that often doesn’t get the clothes dry, or that dries so hot it ruins the delicates.  

I can’t wait to be able to put a load of laundry in my own washer and not stress about getting it out into the dryer exactly 30 minutes from start, so that someone doesn’t use expletives about me because there are only six washers for 200 people.

And, I can’t wait to be able to do laundry every day, and not just Tuesdays, when I am pretty sure I can get two washers for my stuff, rather than a more convenient weekend day, when I am sure all of the six will be in use.

Wow! I didn’t realize I had such an extensive laundry rant. But now you know why “almost a laundry” would be cause for singing.