Now I know that Jacob and the garbage have been together for a long time, a really long time, but people change. They grow apart. It's not you -- it's me. The last few weeks I've begun to witness something I wasn't actually sure was ever going to happen. Jacob doesn't wake up on Tuesday morning and remind me that we take out the garbage tonight because tomorrow is garbage day. You don't always find him at his perch bright and early Wednesday morning, sure there were those first few weeks after the split body truck came, but the spark seems to be gone. Most amazing of all, the garbage cans are still at the curb on Wednesday night when Jamie gets home from work.
Now I'm not saying that there isn't still excitement to see trucks on the street, or that he doesn't still pray for our garbage man, by name, from time to time. Just that maybe garbage and Jacob aren't quite as tight as they used to be. It seems odd, it's like breaking up peanut butter and jelly, but these things happen.
This isn't a bond that goes away over night, but for now, I think it is safe to say, they are at a new point in their relationship.
3 comments:
what can you say but these things happen, its not you its me...
Might want to leave the garbage man a copy of "He's Just Not That Into You" for Christmas instead of the usual money tip.
I never thought this day would come.
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