Machine Washable

I've got this bad habit of starting to wash my clothes, and then forgetting about them. The Washing Machine doesn't have any sort of end-of-cycle signal, so I find myself looking for clothes hours later, and suddenly remembering that they're now sopping wet and disgusting. So, I restart the cycle...and I fall into it again. Maybe I go into my room to do something, maybe I take off and hit the town. I'd like to say that noticing the problem helps, but it doesn't, really. It's probably going to keep happening until I make up my mind to just sit on top of the washing machine with a book. Hey, that might not be so bad...