The Dump

Over the last week I have been cleaning out closets and drawers and donating the things that are in good condition to a food and clothing drive that is being held by the kids school.  It really came at the perfect time for me!  Over the weekend Jason and I attacked the attic and the basement to get them all cleaned out for the move.  The attic was fairly simple as we only had a few boxes up there but the basement was a little more involved.  We did manage to get it all cleaned out and had piles for "move back to US", "give away" and trash/recycleing.  Most of the trash/recycling was easy and just went in our outside trash can but we did have 4 old winter tires and the old crib mattress from Ali's crib which couldn't just go out with the trash.  They needed to be disposed of separately and since I knew where the dump was I headed there today to see if I could get rid of the tires and mattress.  I found my way to to the dump and went into the office building that was there.  Noone spoke English so I used some horrible czech since my automobile czech and dump czech are not my best and got my point across that I had tires and mattress to get rid of.  They found a man to help me and the rest of easy.  He brought me over to the "little house" where i drove the car onto the scale to be weighed.  We went inside and filled out some paperwork.  The man then came out with me and directed me to drive to deposit the different items.  After dropping off everything I had to drive back to the "little house" and drive onto the scale again.  I then went inside and paid about $12.  I guess it doesn't matter what you dump since you pay for how much it weighs.  It was an interesting experience and even after four and a half years in Prague I still get to do new things.