random thoughts – Day 1,894 – (Saturday) – old and new

Friday night featured fitful sleep. I awoke every couple hours for stretches that felt like forever and then it was 7:00 this morning and the weekend alarm was sounding. I hit snooze every ten minutes before finally getting up at 8:00.

There was some coffee and light weekly cleaning before heading to the electronics recycling event at St. Rita’s Parish. It was a great opportunity  to unload the old LexMark printer bought when I was in Tennessee and needed to print out homework during my one semester flirtation with a paralegal program. Years later, it was handy for resumes and scanning images, but it hadn’t been touched the entire time I’ve lived at The BungaLowell. It sat on the top of the shelving unit in the spare room until this morning.

At the recycling event.

The printer was inexpensive but it turned out the ink was not. The refill cartridges cost almost as much as the original price of the printer, and they dried out quickly. I hung on to it for the scanning capability and partly because I didn’t know how to set myself free of it. Luckily, earlier this week I saw an item about today’s recycle event in the Lowell Sun and I had a solution. 

When I pulled into the parking lot at St. Rita’s I saw several bikes and realized I had forgotten to grab the one I meant to drop off. I delivered my old printer to the designated U-Haul truck parked next to a small trailer, paid the $5 fee, and left triumphant. 

There were still several hours left of the event but I didn’t rush to get back there with the bike. There were plans for the afternoon with my duet partner to finish the choreography and practice our dance. Success! Now we will continue to practice and refine our new choreography for the next several weeks leading to the show. We’ve got this.