Today—nearly four months into BYU’s winter semester—melancholic sophomore Annie Watson ran her first load of laundry all year.

For many depressed college students, laundry poses a habitual challenge. Like most hygienic practices, the washing and drying of clothing requires motivation, time, money, and getting out of bed. “These are big asks,” explained Watson, “especially for someone dreading existence.”

“We’re incredibly proud,” wrote Wendy Watson, cheering on her daughter from their home in Portland, OR. According to her parents, the 21-year-old English major has struggled to keep a clean wardrobe since her first depressive episode in 2017.

For her Provo-based peers, this achievement was “truly unexpected,” as remarked by Katie Brimhall, Watson’s RA and roommate. “I mean, this is coming on the heels of Annie looking up disposable clothing alternatives like trash bags, and even considering nudism.”

Watson denied the alleged research, and defended her warm, teeming hamper with the Gen-Z colloquialism “a win is a win.”

With no plans to start another load until August, Watson’s recent success was written off by her father Randy as “an Easter miracle,” who added, “only an act of God could’ve gotten Annie to wash her clothes.”

When asked whether it was the hand of God, or her own, that had set this historic cleansing in motion, Watson replied, “I don’t know.”