Who knew you could have such crazy adventures doing laundry?! I was going about my normal business, getting the clothes washed before the beginning of a regular week. My husband needed his work uniforms washed and my children needed their school uniforms washed. After everybody is tucked into bed, I'm still awake finishing up the laundry.
I'm waiting for the last load in the dryer so I can fold it and put it away before I crash in bed for the night. The dryer finishes and I, of course, open the door to start folding. I noticed something fall out of the dryer, and I didn't really pay too much attention because I wanted to finish it and be done. I fold the entire load, and that is when something catches my eye.
You know how when your dryer catches sometimes on clothes or on a dryer sheet and it leaves kind of a burnt mark on the piece of clothes or the dryer sheet? Well, as I look down it looks like a piece of fabric that has been a little burnt in the dryer. (Hey, I'm not claiming that my eyesight is the best, you can ask my optometrist if you want!) Anyway, I see the object and bend down to pick it up. It took me no more than 5 seconds to realize what I am holding in my hand is a dried (and I'm assuming washed) LIZARD!!!! I immediately throw it down, jumping up and down in my laundry room screaming. I run OUT of the laundry room and start scrubbing my hands obsessively and that's when I realized that I still had to get that disgusting little thing out of there!
I managed to work up enough courage to grab a plastic bag and pick up the lizard with that, running as fast as I can to the garbage can. Anyway, the point of my story is that I am now terrified of doing laundry in my own house and I can't help but think about how many other creepy crawly things are in here!
LOL you told me this story and reading it still made me giggle. :p I think my family would simply have to 1, either do their own laundry from that point on or 2, wear dirty clothes. :)
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