Yeah I totally get this. The number 27 really hit me because that's such a specific kind of exhaustion. It's not the traveling that gets you, it's the constant having to reintroduce yourself and your whole deal over and over like a broken record. I hit a similar wall around month 10 when I realized I had forgotten what it felt like to just sit in silence with someone who already knows your whole history. There's something really lonely about having all these cool experiences but nobody around who actually saw them happen with you.

And honestly that stress-test approach makes so much sense since a muslin's whole job is to fail before your good fabric does. I've started doing a quick tug test on tricky seams after seeing the same thing happen on a princess line.

Toss them in with a regular load first to break up that clump before they hit the water. I had the same problem until I started tearing the sheets into smaller pieces and it made a huge difference. Might not be perfect but it beats feeling guilty about tossing the whole batch lol.

Disagree completely. A clean cable job saves headaches down the road if done right.

Bet that thing's pulling double duty drying your laundry too.