The Dungeon

Do you want to come on a tour with me? It's to the dreaded dungeon. Well, some people might call it the laundry room for the apartments in the house that we live in, but dungeon does a better job at describing it.

For those of you who have babies, you know about the added laundry that comes with them in the form of poopy pants, onesies and burp rags, so I get to experience this adventure at least a couple of times a week. What adventure you might ask? The adventure of laundry.

I start out by grabbing my first load of laundry and putting it into my basket that barely fits through the skinny doors of this house. I have to walk through sideways. After I squeeze my way through the back door and through the patio door, I enter outside by walking down the back steps and through the lovely backyard that is quite muddy right now. After walking through the yard I again come to another obstacle. A gate that is locked with a wooden stick going through it. Really, this isn't a big deal, but when you are holding an awkward basket with a hefty load of baby poo, it's just a pain in the ass. Once through the gate that will slam shut on you if you don't move quickly through, I head this way....

To the back of the house where the door down to the dungeon is located. Again, I have to put my laundry basket down in the dirt/mud, fumble with my keys and unlock the door. Quickly make my way through sideways, or else this door will shut on you too. Once I get through the door I have to be careful not to over step unless I want to take a tumble....

down these...


once down the stairs I head through this little hallway filled with spiderwebs and spiders....then I turn the corner to the right and enter....

the laundry facilities. This is where I quickly throw the clothes into the washer and run back up the stairs as fast as I can. Oh, but not too quickly, I have to be very careful in how I get my soap...

My soap is surrounded by more spider webs WITH spiders! I'm not going to touch them, I can't stand spiders!!

Here's a closer look at the webs, but they are kind of hard to see with the camera.

You think doing this trip just once is enough? Me too, but luckily I get to enjoy the experience again to bring down another load and switch the first load from the washer to the dryer. Then again to add more quarters to the dryer because it never drys the first time. Then again to switch the clothes out of the dryer and put the other load in. Then again to put more quarters in the dryer for the second time around. Then again to get the last load out of the dryer. Do you want to know how much this fun experience costs? About five bucks for each adventure.