Dumpster Fitness
In the on-going efforts of preparing my house to sell it, I’ve recently procured a fairly massive dumpster. I discovered that Home Depot offers dumpsters one day while wandering around at the Home Depot where I’ve spent thousands of dollars during this project. I ordered one while walking around in their parking lot from my cell phone and a couple of days later it arrived in my driveway. While placing the order I had a small flier with pictures of dumpsters in it and information about how big they are, but nothing more than that. Almost at random I chose the middle of the 5 sizes, a 15yd dumpster. It was $535.00 for 1 week, and the option to extend it for a second week at no extra charge if needed.
When it arrived I immediately began to think I had managed to get a dumpster that was way bigger than I could ever possibly fill. It sat in my driveway collecting bits of springtime tree pollen and other random dust on the wind for almost a whole week. By the time I was feeling dejected about having wasted $535.00 and decided to call for the extension by a week, I had only managed to place about 3 things in the dumpster. I was using about 1/50th of a cubic yard.
Over the course of the next week, I moved a bunch of other things into it which seemed to fill it very quickly due to poor arrangement. I was beginning to realize I would need help and tried to figure out what best to put into the dumpster in the time I had left. I called on my fiance, and the work began with me climbing into the dumpster to shuffle everything around. What was a nearly full dumpster once again become a dumpster with almost nothing in it. Then the fit hit the shan.
What followed was a bit of a blur honestly. It was an entire weekend of working on the house, cleaning out storage bins and trunks, throwing away everything that wasn’t important, chopping up furniture, tearing up carpet and padding, and carefully arranging new additions to the dumpster to optimize space usage. When it was over the dumpster was packed full, my fiance and I were exhausted, and my house was way emptier. This effort left both of us sore, tired, and frankly, feeling like we’d gotten a heck of a work out. Imagine pushing a solid wood coffee table up over the edge of a dumpster that is as tall as you are if you can’t figure out why. It’s a work out I would recommend to anyone with a house to clean, but only if you own a Sawzall.