The life of an OCP librarian

David and I have a queen-sized bed.  As a result, it takes two people to change the sheets on our bed.  Since both of us are OCP, this can take a while.  A few months ago, David insisted we buy some little straps to help hold the bottom sheet on the bed, since it had a habit of coming off in a few of the corners.  These consist of a little elastic strap with a fastener at each end.  You hook the fastener onto either side of a corner of the sheet, and then tuck it under the mattress to hold the sheet down.  Since these have to be aligned properly to work, this takes 5-10 minutes.  Then, after the bottom sheet is on, the top sheet has to be put on the bed with the exact same amount of fabric on each side.  This usually results in both of us walking around the bed several times pulling on the sheet.  Then, we tuck it in, and David comes behind me and fixes the corners so they are perfect hospital corners.   Next, the comforter also has to be perfectly aligned.  The entire time we make the bed, I mourn the fact that the sheets and comforter are so wrinkled and wish for an industrial size dryer so they would be perfectly smooth.

20-30 minutes later–we have a nicely made bed!  (OK, it doesn’t really take that long, but it certainly feels like it sometimes!)