Phil, if she is typical you will see a lot of in and out from behind her cloud. Just go with the flow and try not to let it get to you.
I wonder if the laundry thing even merits any talking about. Reality is it is more comfortable to do laundry there than to go to a laundrymat. It may be as simple as that.
I also believe that they are miserable, and that's that. Doesn't really matter where you are at when they look, they simply aren't happy.