Laundry

Every Monday, I am in the laundry room at the building. I give out numbers to ten people out in the line who want their laundry done. Those ten people then come inside the building with me. I give them each two numbered mesh laundry bags. They can stuff the bags full with their clothing and then give them back to me. I take the laundry out of the bags and into the washers, then to the dryers, then fold everything. The bags are numbered so I can keep track of what laundry belongs to who. The whole exercise takes between three and four hours, depending on how much laundry people give me.

I think anyone can see by the above description that Mondays aren’t a tough day for me. I have very little interaction with the guests, which is often the most challenging thing for me. I can just sit in the laundry by myself, turn on some music, and do my work. The alone time is always appreciated since I spend most of my waking hours with the members of our community and the guests. There’s nothing wrong with the time I do spend with them, I’m just more of a loner who enjoys some personal quiet time. And I know they’re going to give me a hard time about saying so. I also like to spend some of the spare time I get in the laundry room doing personal things. It's been a great time to work on my Congressional nomination packets and other West Point related work I have to get done.