Trash Day

Every Tuesday I get my trash out to be picked up. I gather waste paper baskets, clean out my refrigerator, and toss in all my shredded paper. Magazines I save to read at a later date may also get tossed because if I haven't read the article I have been saving in three months, I probably will never read it!

This morning I got up early, gathered all my trash, looked at the clock and saw that the trash people would come by in about an hour. I wandered through the rooms to see what other trash I might have. I had two bags to be put near my curb. On my way to the garage to pick up the other bag of trash, a thought occurred to me. Isn't today Wednesday?

Yesterday was my trash day and I had spaced it out. When something like this happens, it makes me wonder two things. 1) Why did I not remember yesterday? 2) Why was I so sure today was my trash day?  The brain works in mysterious ways and I did get up early yesterday to work on my homework. (Bible Timeline) There is a lot of reading and maybe I got caught up in Moses, Aaron, Israel, Golden Ark, temples, punishments, etc. I also worked on a future trip to New Mexico and spent lots of time on the phone contacting hotels and restaurants. I wanted to finish everything before going to have lunch with some friends and maybe because I had other things on my mind, other than my trash, caused me to forget it was Tuesday.

I can understand why Tuesday trash day may have escaped my thoughts. What I find difficult to understand is beginning last evening I knew the next day was trash day. It never entered my mind that it had already passed! It did not enter my mind that the next day would be Wednesday. This morning I got up, still thinking it was trash day, and gathered bits and pieces I wanted to throw out. It wasn't until I had the bag in hand and I was headed out the door that I realized it was Wednesday and I had missed my Tuesday trash day pick up.

I may never know how the mix up happened. I do wonder what other things I may have forgotten. What I do know is that I will now have to wait until next Tuesday to put out my trash!