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<\/p>\nEvery morning, before I do anything else, I fix my bed. <\/p>\n
Every morning except Tuesday, that is. On Tuesday mornings, I wake up and immediately strip my bed, sorting its linens along with the rest of my laundry to be washed. My bedding will be washed in hot water and dried in order to rid it of any allergens–then I’ll fold it and place it at the bottom of my rotation of four sheet sets in the linen closet.<\/p>\n
While my laundry is going, I pull the top sheet set off the rotation in the linen closet and remake my bed, allergen free.<\/p>\n
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Every evening, I bathe or shower before going to bed, removing any allergens I’ve collected throughout the day, lest I transfer them to my bedding.<\/p>\n
Every day except possibly Monday. If I am exhausted on a Monday night and don’t have the energy to bathe, I excuse myself and go to sleep with the yuck of the day still on. After all, I’m going to clean my sheets the next day–the only suffering I’ll experience will be in that one night.<\/p>\n
But what am I to do when I finish a long telephone conversation with my sister rather late on a Tuesday night? My sheets are completely clean–they have not even collected any sloughed off skin, much less any pollen or dust from my every day life. Yet I am exhausted. The thought of trying to manage a bath or shower is overwhelming. <\/p>\n
I can’t abide dirtying my brand new made bed.<\/p>\n
I sleep on the futon and the cleanliness of my bed linens is preserved another day.<\/p>\n
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