Dirty Laundry

I remember, about 8 months back, I was worried about the various changes Matt's new job was going to bring to our little family. I never would have guessed that laundry would become the biggest challenge.

I know, right? It seems like such a simple thing: throw it in one machine, throw it in the next, fold/hang put away. Yeah...not so easy with a day-sleeper.

Let me break it down. When Matt worked a normal schedule, laundry was done about every other day. It was folded and put away pretty quickly. I used our bed as my "station" to sort our stuff into different piles. However, the new schedule is totally throwing a major curve in my laundry doing. I can no longer put stuff away shortly after it is done...I'm not talking about each load, I'm talking about after it's all done putting it up at once. I could, but it would mean doing it right after Matt wakes up, which is RIGHT when I'm getting dinner ready. Then it's clean-up, bath-time, a bit of family time and then bedtime for Logan. Yeah. I don't want to spend an hour with laundry. And doing it after Logan is asleep? Well, forget that.

I tried folding in the laundry room. It didn't work. The room is small, there isn't a ton of space to put stuff, and Logan was constantly yelling at me up the stairs. Did I mention the laundry room is upstairs?  I don't think so.

So I have resorted to just doing it all at once, which means big laundry marathons on either Saturday or Sunday. Ugh. Not how I want to spend my weekend, but it's worked out the best. I know when I worked full time (5 long years ago), I did laundry on Saturdays and it worked out fine. And it's working for now....I guess...but I don't like it.

So I ask...how often do you do laundry? What's your laundry schedule like? Maybe there's a better way out there and I'm missing it.