Today was a pretty ordinary day. I worked in my home office all day and was pretty productive. Of course I spent a fair amount of time on the phone, but it was after work that my day really became something special. Why? Well, because I went to the dump!
As bizarre as that sounds, let me elaborate. If you recall, the furniture man stole $1500 from me last weekend, oh okay, he didn’t steal it. I gave it to him. You’d be amazed how much cardboard is used to box up furniture. I know I was. I ended up with a truck load of cardboard.
So, off to the big recycle bin at the dump. What made it fun was I took my 2.5 year old daughter with me. I have never seen anyone so excited to go to the dump. As soon as I asked her, she jumped out of her chair and ran towards the door. She doesn’t get to ride in Daddy’s truck very often so when she gets the chance to, she doesn’t turn it down. She sat in the front seat and was smiling ear to ear the whole way. We sang songs together all the way there and back and talked about everything we saw, including a train. It was a great time. I asked her if she wanted to stop and get a sundae from McDonalds on the way home. “Yes, Daddy. Let’s have a sundae”. She was excited to hold the bag with the sundaes in it all the way home. She also decided that she wanted to tell Mommy what we got when we got home. We walked in the door and she said, “Mommy. We have a surprise for you. It’s a treat”.
So, like I said. It was a great day and one of those times where you feel very grateful for the life that you have. It was an outstanding example of why it’s so important to live for the day as much as you live for the future.
What is it with kids and garbage trucks/dumps? Though this is the first time I’ve heard about a little girl being excited about the dump. :) I remember once reading a story on CNN about a little boy who was fascinated by garbage–he had a birthday party at the dump.