Throws like a girl

Week of November 9-13
Wednesday, November 11

So far today has not been good. After fasting from trash two days last week, I relished in every opportunity to throw something away over the weekend. Unfortunately, my tenacity did not dissipate upon waking up this morning. Today I threw away a cotton ball, two q-tips, a napkin, and a candy wrapper on accident. I am rather disappointed in myself. I will note, however, that I took a short shower this morning and have spent most of my day working in natural light. No progress thus far on my project but I hope to get started tomorrow by contacting my boss about recycling bins. Oh…and I just remembered that I washed my hands about 5 minutes ago and I used paper towels .

Thursday & Friday, November 12th &13th

The water and electricity conservation continues to go well. In keeping with my trash fast I have not thrown anything away over the past couple of days. In fact, after dinner on Thursday, I bunched up my leftover corn and peas and carried them from the commons, all the way to the compost bin behind Brown-Cody. It felt like warm throw-up in my hands. Gross to say the least. Once I arrived at the bin, I went to throw the food in and I missed. It spilled all over the ground. My friends and I stood there and laughed at my exhausted efforts. Next time, I will practice better aim. This Sunday I set up a temporary paper recycling bag next to one of the registers at work. I was excited at how much paper was recycled over the course of one day because it makes me feel like a permanent placement would be useful. I also bagged up the newspapers that an employee had been saving from the past few weeks. They are currently sitting in the back of my car in boxes because I am not sure where the closest paper recycling collection site is located. There are several empty small trash cans in work storage that I plan to paint and place next to each of the registers and next to the desks in the back. Ta ta for now!