If that were the end of the story, I would be oh so happy! But because I felt like a washer hog, and it was broken and already a too long ordeal, I decided I'd hold off on the clothes! Well, last night, Wednesday night, I saw that they were unlocked for the first time this week (yes, they are supposed to be unlocked everyday after 5...). Well, not ours, because they have been "working" on it, aka, the front cover is taken off and it's leaning on a wall; hasn't been touched in two days. So I used the next building's utility room; it stinks so much, like wet dog and dead frog. I finished washing the first load (because after a week and a half, two people have a lot of dirty clothes!), moved it to the dryer, and discovered their dryer doesn't work! I would have taken it back to our dryer, but of course, it's locked because the washer doesn't work. So then I unload the dryer and take it to the building two down from ours. I start the dryer and figure since I'm already there, I'll just wash the second load in their washer. Well, their washer has a trick (so I was told by a resident of that building--I did not discover this) in which you have to take the brick that props the door open, bang it on a certain spot on the top, right hand side of the lid. That will kick it on, but then you have to leave the brick there, and put something heavy on top of it to ensure it runs for the entire cycle. So of course, I decided to wash the second load in the stinky room....
Yet again, if that were the end of the story, at least I'd be sane. But unfortunately, someone decided that SGU was having a water shortage still (even though it rained for about 30 minutes yesterday) and went and locked all the doors, except the building where the dryer was running. So we pulled our clothes out of the dryer, called security to have them let us take our clothes out of the washer, who told us to call our RA, who said she didn't know why security told us to call her because she couldn't do anything, who then called security to reinforce that she couldn't do anything, and then called us back saying they were sending someone. Well, we know how that works, so we waited about 10 minutes while I walked around and checked out the sd7 laundry facilities (4 buildings away) and contemplated the next time I would be doing my laundry there. It is a superdorm, which means it's more like the undergrad housing. There is a main entrance and then the dorms are all accessed from inside. This one is 4 floors with laundry facilities on each floor. And sd7 is the newest dorm meaning new washer and dryers!! But that didn't solve the problem that we had wet clothes locked in the utility building next door. After our 10 minutes of impatient waiting, I went and got a hanger. It took Mark 2 minutes to reach the hanger through the door slats, hook the handle, and pull it down and open. We then unloaded the washer, and took it to building 3, where it was still propped open! We then proceeded to dry our clothes there. We went back after the hour, taking the hanger just in case, because of course, someone had come by and closed the door, even though the dryer was running with our clothes in it. It took Mark about 5 minutes this time, but once we were back in the room and I had all the clothes folded, hung and put away, I had such a sense of accomplishment! And to think I used to hate doing laundry...now I really do!
