still struggling

[Jim1234]

I just had a nice interaction with my WAW. I was about to go to bed, and I get a text from her, "OMG water's out again and D16 needs a shower. Can she come over?" Of course she can.

WAW drives D16 over and D16 asks if I can drive her back to mom's. Sure, says I. WAW is waiting for D16 to tell her if I can drive her. I notice a stink bug on the wall, and instead of crushing it in the house, I follow my D16 back to the door to throw it in the trash. WAW says "thanks!". WAW goes on to say she was hoping I could drive D16 because she hadn't been able to put the trash out for a few weeks (WAW:"Not my fault") and trash was overflowing and she had to drive to a friends house to get rid of the excess. (Trash in my town is very regulated.... you get one large trash can full, and no more.) I open the trash can, throw away the crushed stink bug and very casually say no problem.

She didn't even ask if she could throw the trash in my can. I have plenty of excess capacity, and didn't offer. The old me would have. I like the idea of her driving trash quite a ways to her friend's house, leaving her car smelling like trash for a while.