Money-laundering

dryer with benefits

After 10 years, my clothes dryer is apparently now enchanted.

A few days ago I did a regular load of laundry and, as I was taking things out of the dryer, out popped a $20 bill! I gaped at it, then squinted at it as if it were a wallet on string in a practical joke. Since there was no one around except me and the cats, I decided it was okay to pick it up. Twenty dollars -- EXCELLENT!!

Then, five or six items later, another $20 bill fluttered out!! I grabbed this one up quickly without any of the previous analysis.

For so many years I was in uniform and got used to carrying all the important stuff on me -- keys, cash, and in the later years, cell phone, etc. Even though it's been a bunch of years since I've been in uniform, and have since gone back to carrying a purse, I still keep all the important stuff on me. My cash is folded in one of my pockets (I try to only buy slacks that do have pockets.)

So, when the dryer started bestowing gifts that night, I went to check the top of the dresser, and yes, there was the folded cash where it was supposed to be. I really couldn't think when or how or why I would have acquired $40 and put it in the wrong pocket and then forgot all about it, but that was the only explanation.

I decided to be grateful and not beat my head against a wall trying to figure out what had happened.

Then, tonight, doing the laundry, taking the clothes out of the dryer, here came a $10 bill!!

I'm thinking of renting out load time on my dryer. No guarantees, but a pretty good track record over the past two weeks!