my hands are of your color

1. Does where you live have regular doorstep rubbish collections or do you have to take your trash somewhere else? I just put the bag down a chute, which I imagine maintenance takes care of
2. Do you separate recycling? What sort of stuff gets recycled from your household? No, I probably should though..
3. Do you take things you don't need to charity shops, or give them away online, or sell them secondhand, or...? I give clothes to Value Village and books to the bookstore..I have left free stuff I didn't want for whoever wants it that lives in my apartment complex. Before my parents moved to their current location, we sold a bunch of stuff online too
4. Do you pick up litter in your local area, from streets or trails or play areas or parks? Have you ever found anything interesting discarded or lost in a public space? Not really, I just have limited energy lol. I found $20 once, and gave it to a coworker who needed it more than I did. Fairbanks also has old cars and other things in random spots lol
5. Are there "repair cafés" near you to help mend fixable items? Have you ever been helped by a community repair service or volunteered for one? Do you do any other kind of upcycling? There's a place that fixes broken phones, but I haven't heard of any others. They have helped me when my phone did something weird. I do not

Yesterday the volunteers (and I came too, because why not lol) met with Lucie and Shelby, to talk about our frustrations we've had after the move. The only positive things people said that was Bill and I are awesome and doing a great job of running the store without a manager, and we're always so calm when other people might freak out (why thank you. :P Haha), and good advertising. People had ideas of what might work better, so hopefully Lucie and Shelby will try the suggestions out. I'm glad it got busier yesterday and today, I was worried for a minute there! Tomorrow I'm working by myself because Bill is walking the Equinox Marathon..he said it took him 8 hours last year..no thanks, that sounds like torture. D: He's in such good shape that he wasn't even sore last year..wow haha

On Wednesday, mom temporarily lost vision in one of her eyes, so she had a bunch of appointments to see what was wrong..they didn't find anything, so they think it was an ocular migraine..she's had them before, but not that badly (I was terrified the first time I had one!). Hopefully it won't happen again!

( sept 18-19 )

1. What is your favourite fruit? Strawberries, and I don't mind grapes and pears. Mango salsa is REALLY good too!
2. What is the last book you read? I just finished Snow Widows this morning, about the different women related to the five men who died coming back from the South Pole (and what members of the expedition were doing in between). I think it was a mix of actual quotes and the author's imaginations of what the women might have been thinking/doing, etc. It was pretty cool, definitely not dry history! I also loved this part: "Gran has already begged a more conventional curtain from 'Ponker's Emporium' to screen it from The Tenements. Oates, scorning privacy and such 'effeminate luxury,' refers to the cubicle as the 'ladies' boudoir.' The 'ladies' reply that he needn't be jealous just because he hasn't got the only curtain in the Antarctic for himself. The banter continues all day, starting from the moment Birdie wakes in the morning with a yawn and asks Oates, 'How's the hay this morning, Farmer?' and Oates hesitates before delivering a crushing reply." Haha I'd definitely be jealous if I didn't have the only curtain in the Antarctic!! Things like this are why I love the Terra Nova Expedition and don't get tired of reading about it lol
3. Do you like any of your school photos? Some of my Senior pics are good, like this one, which I LOVE

I'll probably never be that skinny again :P
4. Do you ever blowdry your armpits to get the deodorant to dry quicker? lol no, I didn't know that was a thing :P
5. What was the last film you watched? Hmm, I haven't watched one in awhile..maybe How to Train Your Dragon? I really need to watch Flow one of these days..

The bookstore will be accepting donations again next month, except that because our space is so limited, for now we're only going to accept them on Thursdays from 12-3, someone can only donate only one box, and we'll have to sort through the donations and pick what we know will sell..the other people will have to wait in line until we're done sorting the previous person's box. Ummm..that sounds like a TERRIBLE plan..people are going to get SO mad at us (they already are on Facebook). People at least can sit in their cars while they wait, but ONE box per person?? I worry no one is going to want to donate stuff to us anymore and the store will die. D: I hope it'll be better than my worries. This has been one crazy year!

I have my MRI in a couple hours (the other option was 7 AM..NO thank you D:). My back is definitely getting better, but it's always good to make sure nothing crazy is going on lol

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