Laundry woes

I've been doing loads of laundry before packing for Texas, and it seems endless. The situation increasingly worsens as the hours tick away towards tonight's Candlelight Service (at 7:30 p.m. in downtown Oakland). The problem is: we no longer have our own washer and dryer. The W&D were sold when my sister and I moved out of the old apartment into this 2 bedroom unit. It's a beautiful bit of architecture with high ceilings and arches and more nooks and crannies than I can fill. It's great, really, with a dining room, living room, kitchen, and breakfast nook. The two bedrooms are upstairs with the bathroom sitting in-between on the landing. The only problem is, this is seminary housing for faculty, so we have to share the public launderette with other folks. We like our neighbors (and I hope they're not reading this) but they are terrible at laundry. I'm rather lazy when it comes to doing laundry, but I do my very best to follow the three rules when using public space:

1. Always remove lint/dust after drying.
2. Never do laundry after 10:00 p.m.
3. Always promptly remove clothes after washing/drying.

The thing about our neighbors is that they often forget. There are days when clothes remain in the machines forever. I've had to many times remove dust. Ughh. And I can't tell you how many times I've fallen asleep to the "whooing" sound of the dryer.

I'd like to think I'm a patient person, but there's only so much one can take. I really, really, really miss my own W & D and wish we had not agreed to move into a place w/o our own machines.

So I am now waiting to do my laundry. Hopefully we'll have it done before we leave for TX!