Trash Trouble

Well, we had another burglar at our apartment yesterday, but luckily this time nothing valuable was stolen.
Last night before I went to bed, I emptied our over-flowing garbage can (i.e. struggled to get the bag out of the can, shook it around a bit to get the trash to condense enough so I could tie the top of the bag) and plopped the bag outside our front door. I don't exactly enjoy making the trek to the dumpster in the dark, so it's not unusual to leave a trash bag on our front stoop until morning and toss it in on the way to catch the bus. And we've never had a problem before.
This morning, I open the front door to head out for the day to find a stoop littered with garbage, my forlorn trash bag slumped over with several large holes in the side. Obviously I didn't have time to take care of it then, so I locked up and headed to the bus stop.
Of course when I got home this afternoon, the situation was still the same, so I did my best to put the tattered trash bag inside another one (not an easy task when garbage is falling out everywhere) and gather up all the stray garbage. Yum. Now it's all come to rest in the bottom of a Waste Management dumpster. Rest in peace.
So that was my excitement for the day. The moral of the past week's story is: #1. Never leave your front door unlocked. Random people like to enter to see what they can find; sometimes they even find you asleep in your bed, but don't worry--they don't stay long after that. And #2. Don't leave bulging trash bags out where little furry creatures can find them. For some reason they seem to enjoy smelly, half-rotten garbage.

As a side note...my wedding gown arrived in the mail at home on Friday! I tried it on, of course, and it fits really well, much to my relief. Alterations will be minor, which will save me time and money. So that's one item I can check off my list of the 247 things I have to take care of before June 12. Just kidding, it's not that bad. I'm actually really enjoying planning the big day. Maybe I'm missing my calling and should become a wedding planner...