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Barbados Life: Trash Day

I am not sure if it's because I don't have a lot going on, or that trash is a sensitive topic for me, but I really look forward to Trash Day on the island. I think it is partly the unpredictability of it all. Our current trash day is designated for Friday. However, since we have lived in this house, it has been usually Tuesday. Not always but mostly. When we moved here they said to us that trash day is not consistent and they just come when they come. So it's quite exciting when they finally do. I guess that is island life. Perhaps I need to share more so you can really appreciate my excitement for trash day. Living the island life you don't think we worry about such things as trash (some monkeys just magically come get it right?), but you soon start to recognize the benefits of a steady trash schedule that we took for granted state side. An anecdote I love to share (insert sarcasm) is when we first moved to the island, we were in a short term rental place. It had a sma