Lent: Weeks Four and Five

A mini goal I had set for myself was to not have to empty my garbage can during Lent. Well, four weeks in, and that thing was full (it's only a small two foot tall, one foot wide oval bin). All of the trash inside was from the past four weeks--I started with an empty bin. Most of the contents were paper products--Cardboard boxes, post-it notes, printer paper. (The paper that goes into the bin is going to start getting reused for scrap paper as I was a bit shocked by the near-blank pages that were going in the trash that I didn't even think about.) Very little of it was actual recyclable plastic (had one plastic bag that contained vacuum cleaner bags, which was bought awhile ago, and had another plastic bag from the bulk department*). All of the non-recyclable plastic I generated within the first four weeks of Lent fit inside of two small sandwich bags.

*Won't ever have to use those bags again! Recently bought some reusable bags for bulk bins and am pretty excited to have been using them a couple times for buying produce.

:D

My other goal for Lent is going along steadily. It had been picking up pace during week four since I had a week off from school, but unfortunately it has taken its spot on the back burner again since school has to take precedence at this point. I have approximately three more weeks of homework and classes, and three weeks after that of full-time internships at two different locations (7ish days each). Then I have a huge cumulative exam for this semester, and I am graduated. Then I just have to take the registration exam, and then the job hunt begins.

Once I pass that registration exam (which isn't too far off--June or July), my life can come into focus instead of obtaining my degree.

 

Wait, you don't recycle your paper/cardboard? I'm a bit shocked, truth be told.

Kudos for all you've done, though, and best of luck with your registration exam! Three cheers for completing school!

 

Oh, no--I do recycle my paper/cardboard! I'm just going to start reusing it as I was shocked by the amount of reusable pages going into the bin.

ETA: LOL, looks like I'm overzealous to reply--I swear it was totally by chance I happened to see it a minute after you posted.

 

wow, it must feel great to be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel for school!

 

It hasn't really sunk in yet as I'm still in the mindset of, "oh man, that paper is due when?" and "I have to do how much before Friday?" you know? When it hits me, I'll probably feel elated. Right now I just cannot wait to be done. Though it's scary to think about those last three weeks--I only feel partially ready to be the DTR and FSD at the two facilities, DTR moreso than the FSD believe it or not. But the FSD position is more interesting for me, and it comes more easily. It's weird, 'cause all my classmates hate that class and clinic--I find it rather enjoyable. It's solid facts and figures, "if A then B" instead of "if A then sometimes B or maybe C, possibly D" while dealing with somebody's life! And now I'm rambling.

Thanks for reading and replying, guys. I appreciate it.