This morning I brought a huge armful of washing downstairs. It was a dark wash. Put it in the machine and set it going . (40°. Some of it needed it!). A bit later I went back upstairs, and there it was! Nestling gently, snoozing in the sun. Just like Christopher Robin, it was sitting half way up the stairs! One single, solitary, lonely sock. The one with a triceratops on the ankle. Oh the fury and frustration! It must be the most annoying occurrence ever! Knickers on the stairs are bad but despite them being called a pair, a pair of knickers is only one item. It does not have a twin, a soul mate, in a completely separate location. So what to do with the sock on the stair and its soon to be clean partner. Put it back in the linen basket and wait for the next dark wash? Run the risk of putting it in with tomorrow's white wash? And what about its other half? Do I leave it hanging , waiting for it's mirror image to return? Do I put it away and then next wash day wonder why I have one odd sock? Or do I return it to the linen basket despite it's being clean, so at least they are reunited? Oh! The anguish!!
