Campus Trash

Even though I have a car and there is a bus system, my main form of transportation around my college campus are my own two feet. Sure I have to leave my off campus apartment much earlier than I would if I drove but it also means I don’t have to search for a parking space or waste gas.

I love walking around my campus for a couple of reasons. #1: I’m getting exercise. I hate exercising (on land) because it’s painful and I don’t like to sweat. It makes me feel gross all over, inside and out. So walking everywhere is a good way to get my exercise in for the day. #2: I like to observe the changes going on around. Not only watch, but feel and smell these changes. I like feeling the temperature gradually change as it goes from the end of summer to fall to winter to spring. Yes I even walk during the frigid cold of winter. I like to watch the trees change colors, going from luscious green to vibrant reds, yellows and oranges in fall, to bare bone branches filled with blinding, crystalized snow in winter, to beautiful rebirth, sprouting new flowers in spring.

The one thing I absolutely don’t understand and hate about walking around my beautiful campus is the garbage that lays everywhere. It’s in the streets, on the sidewalks, in the ponds and fountains. I don’t get how people can treat the earth this way. We only have one planet we can inhabit and we humans are treating it as a giant landfill.

I know this isn’t a new issue but it still repulses me to see the plastic bags and cups everywhere I look, on every block, every street corner. It’s disgusting. It’s maddening and saddening to see the place that has so much beauty be ruined by Starbucks cups and McDonald’s wrappers. I mean, it’s one thing to throw certain foods on the ground, I saw a banana peel tossed into the grass, because they biodegrade back into the soil, but to throw cigarette butts and anything plastic is really uncool.

I guess this turned into a bit of a rant but come on! We only have one planet. We need to treat it well.

B.A.M!

DeLara Skye

Retail

I have to rant about this because for someone that has dealt with cash and selling merchandise for 5 years, this is a never ending problem.
For the most part, I sell $2/$3 items and I carry around a money bag collecting money from customers. A majority of the time, people will hand me $20 and I’ll end up handing back one dollar bills in change because everyone else has taken all my 5s and I spend half my time calling a manager for change.
If you ever go out and buy items with cash, please please please carry around all sorts of bills instead of expecting everyone to have change. Although it’s convenient for you, it’s super annoying for us.
Thank you kindly.

B.A.M
-Maggie

Excuse My Rant

So I just got off work and there is something that is bothering me. I work at a pet kennel and there’s this Wheaten Terrier that came in to board and it came in with burrs in its hair. Apparently, right before they were going to bring him in, he ran outside into a bush and came back inside with burrs all over him. But instead of doing something about it, they just dropped him off. The second I saw him, I felt terrible and immediately wanted to start brushing him out and pulling them off him. The burrs were all on his face, around his eyes, on his tail, legs, feet, body–just everywhere, but the face and ears were the worst. The manager called his parents and they said they didn’t want him shaved down. They said if we must, we could trim some hair from visor part of his head or give him a bath. Neither of those things would’ve done anything. A bath wouldn’t have gotten any out and blow drying would’ve made the situation worse because he’s already like a cotton ball. They didn’t want to pay for us to do anything about it. It saddens me and furiates me that his parents could be that way. I even offered to pay for it but my manager said no. I felt so bad for the poor guy because it must be uncomfortable and because of it he’s not allowed to play with the other dogs.

B.A.M

-Maggie

Last But Not Least

Today marks the beginning of a new experience for three friends: Co-Blogging.

As Toby and Maggie already stated, we came together to co-host this blog to write about our experiences in life. Some of it may be happy, while other parts may get serious or even sad. Personally, I tend to focus more on the latter. However, I will try to make this experience good and happy for everyone involved. No one wants a “Debbie Downer” around all the time.

Oops, where are my manners? I forgot to introduce myself. My name is DeLara Skye. Maybe now is the time to let you know a little more about me. I’m 21, 22 in a couple months, and about to graduate from college. Obsessed with Harry Potter, elephants and Italy, I may talk a little too much about them. I watch way too much TV, spend much too much time on my computer, but enjoy a good read. Although that makes me sound like a hermit, I can promise that I have more friends than just these two wonderful co-hosts. I enjoy bowling, going to the movies and eating out with people I care about most. My family and friends are the most important things in my life. But I don’t want to give too much away before the blogging experience has begun. I guess you readers will just have to stay tuned.

Night my fellow bloggers. Stay safe.

B.A.M!

~DeLara Skye

I am Stryker, hear me roar

Maggie Here

Hi readers!

We’re newer to the blogging world and we’ve decided to co-host a blog together. My name is Maggie and my friends Troy and DeLara will be posting along with me about our lives as they happen. Both good and bad, struggles and triumphs. Some of the things we post will be sensitive to us so feel free to share similar experiences and what not.

So I think an introduction is in order. I think it’s important to know who the writer is, but that’s just me. I recently turned 21–yay me right?–but I don’t feel this old. I have a young body and an old soul. I have a passion for animals and anyone that knows me knows that I have carved a path for myself that leads towards an animal based career my whole life.

I love animals, yet you’ll probably rarely see me post about them. I talk about things that bother me or significant events in my life. Hopefully it’ll be entertaining and feel free to ask us questions or provide suggestions for posts you want to see.

B.A.M

-Maggie