Garbage day

Saturdays are garbage days for us.

The process is not as simple as pushing the garbage down to the end of the driveway.  We wish it were that easy!

The kids had this propensity to conveniently be gone somewhere on Saturday mornings, getting out of the task of going to the dump!

I can't blame them.  I try not to go either, but skipping more than one week tends to make the senses go into overdrive!

The gameplan is to gather recycables and the garbage throughout the house and in the garage that has accumulated throughout the week.  Surprising how much one household can have so much in such a short week.
There are times, sadly, when a few choice words have been uttered as the garbage comes out of the kitchen can, making its way to the garage.  I tend to lose it if "someone" (NOT ME!) takes that garbage without using the whole can and it leaks creating a disgusting trail across the tile to the outside!  Ugh!  I hate that!

We have always used our van to carry out this chore, but Mark has it right now, so we "get to" use my car.  My car that we try to keep clean, inside and out.  This does not help with that system whatsoever.
Winter has its upsides on garbage days for sure.  Both here at home, and being at the dump.  We feel sorry for the person that operates the compactor on hot, sweltering days in the summer.
We load up the trash, being so careful to put lots of cardboard down in the trunk of my car, using plastic also if needed.  Carefully, we set the trash on the cardboard, making sure we don't put a hole in the plastic bag!  We do not waste time getting to the dump, which is about 10 minutes at best from our driveway.
We pull into the gated dump, where other village people have congregated to get rid of their junk too.  No verbal communication is needed.  We all see each others expressions as we willfully hurl our bags into the compactor, trying so hard not to get a drop of slop on us or anyone in close proximity to us!
Then off to the recycles!  Paper, aluminum, glass, we chuck it all!   You can't imagine our elation to be done with that weekly chore.  The first thing we do when we get back home is clean out the trunk and then go in and wash our hands!!