today mom took me on a super secret adventure. she hustled me into the car and drove me out of town. what the heck? where are we going? we didn't go far, just past the airport. mom parked the car and we got out. a bunch of other kids showed up too. the moms stood around talking. what is going on? i saw a car and read the letters on the side: waste center. what is a waste center? mom was not forth coming with any additional information. finally a guy came up he said: i'm going to be your guide.
so we all got into the back of this trolley wagon. the guide said: welcome to the gainesville waste transfer station. this is where we process all the local garbage. what? we're at a dump? for fun? not exactly. turns out the dump closed a few years ago and no one wanted to build a new one. so all the trash gets collected, brought to the transfer station, sorted and then dropped into the back of a new truck and hauled 20miles down the road to a different town that still had a dump. we saw the loading bay where this all happens. it is stinky.
we also saw the recycling center. that was pretty neat. we got to get out of the trolley and an old dude gave us a great tour of the recycling part. we watched a buy breaking down old computers. we saw where they store old paint and oil before shipping it off. they even have a machine that totally recycles florescent lights. it grinds them up and separates out all the different parts. i like the computers best. he opened one up and started taking out all the insides. i got to touch the computer's brain. it was prickly. when the talk as done it was back on the trolley and to the parking lot where car was waiting for us.
mom and i got in the car and she drove us to walmart. mom talked to the counter girl and we went to get our missing chicken. we had to go back to the counter and talk to the girl again to say- we got the chicken and that was that. mom drove us home just in time for lunch. whoo-hoo.
i had a nice relaxing afternoon. at 4 mom helped me get ready for karate. awesome. i love karate. i missed it both time last week because of my busted eyebrow. got to karate. i said hi to everyone and sat on the matt waiting for class. i was kind of fooling around, clicking my card around. my teacher pulled me to the side and i got told off even before class started. doh. class was good though. i followed directions and was super good. i paid attention, for the most part. today we did kicks. it was fun.
nothing super exciting about the rest of the day. i had a little accident with my soup at dinner and it ended up on the floor. mom and dad were not impressed. oops