Grace In Refuse Collection

So, last night is, if you look in the Parish Newsletter, the night to put out the black bins, which are for normal, non-recyclable waste. I got home I think at about 2:30AM, and remembering that it was a thursday, and seeing other people had put their black bins out, I readied myself to do the same.

A few times recently I have not bothered to put the bins out, a) because we as a household do not produce much rubbish, b) because I doubt my housemates would notice as they don't know where the outside bins are and c) because I couldn't be arsed. However, yesterday I determined to be good and do it. And, imagine my surprise when I saw that my housemates had taken the rubbish out of the bins and put it into the black bin!

They had also confusingly put lots of empty plastic bottles into plastic bags... and I'm really not sure why - probably masonic.

Anyway, this must have thrown me, as putting the plastic bottle-filled plastic bags into the bin, I then forgot to wheel the black bin to the front of the drive to be emptied at the discretion of the binmen the next morning!

Having suffered from a diapause, my body stole 10 hours of my life in sleep, leaving me to get up at 1pm. When I looked out the window onto a bin-less drive I realised my error. Oh dear. The bin was full and in 2 weeks would now surely be overflowing.

After breakfast I prepared to leave only to see the dustcart come past the house! It hadn't really been to late, and it could be too late now, except for the fact that it had to go down the lane to turn around before coming back to the main road. So, quick as a flash I got the bin out the front and flagged down the Refuse Officials.

Thankfully, they stopped and after a mild berating took my bin and emptied it! Hurrah! Ask and it shall be given unto you. While they themselves weren't the most graceful amongst men, their accession was an amazing reminder to me, in what was still ostensibly morning, of GRACE and all that that represents - the undeserved-ness of everything I get everyday.

Great!