I still can’t believe I didn’t wear my winter jacket except for once! I can’t imagine that I didn’t have my and my husband’s winter clothes taken out of storage and put in the closet until my husband had to leave to Europe!
Ice melting here and there! Creatures dying every now and then! Ah!

I’ve been always aware of the environmental disasters our kind has been causing –nonstop- making this poor planet Earth suffer this way, and therefore, I’ve always tried to do whatever I could to stop or at least limit the harm we’re causing, either by direct actions, or by spreading awareness and urging others to approach a more environment-friendly lifestyle.
I’ve been always very positive and optimistic, I almost believed that we’ll salvage our planet and also rescue our neighboring planets from the damage we’ve been causing throughout the years by constantly interfering in them and their balanced surroundings.
But I have to admit that this year is different! You can say that 2007 has given me this “wake-up-you-fool” slap and succeeded in turning me into an environment- pessimist.
I no longer believe that people are actually aware of the size of damage they’re causing. Even those who are aware, I don’t believe they care enough, and if they care enough, I guess they’re not trying hard enough to take action against the catastrophes humanity is “proudly” creating!
I mean I can’t believe that there are still people who throw their garbage from their car windows into the streets.
And I fail to understand how a lot of people don’t seem to manage throw their trash-bags inside (not above, neither beside, nor between) public trash-containers!
And it simply gets on my nerves, and makes me feel I’m getting a heart attack when I come across a car washing station and see an employee holding the water hose, while it’s ON, not to wash cars, but to –stupidly- point at NOTHING in the middle of the street, just wasting water, a huge amount that could water a whole backyard.

Today, I took Adam and went to buy some fresh vegetables, weather was beautiful, I was so full of energy and Adam was as calm as he could be. I spotted water flowing out of the watering hose, which the gardener uses to water the plants and trees of our building. I traced the source and there were 3 big holes in the hose. So on my way, I looked for him and told him, so that he can fix it and save the water, his reply was: I know, it must be because of the pressure! Don’t worry, and thanks anyway!
Eman: that’s it? What about the water? It’s such a waste!
Gardener: what do you want me to do?
Eman: fix the damn hose, tell the ones in charge to get you a new one, we all pay the service fees, they should be able to cover the cost of a new hose.
Gardener: will tell them about it, but they wont bring a new one right away, it might take a while.
Eman: I don’t see why it should take a while, anyway, until then we must do something.
Gardener: how, stop watering and letting trees die I guess?
Eman: (hahaha, so funny!) just wait, I’ll be right back.
I went back home, got a tape that might just do, it’s water-resistant, and it’s so thick, got it a while ago to fix something in the balcony. I went to the gardener and together we covered the holes and decreased the pressure of the flowing water . It took a lot of tape, but it did just great and I felt SO DAMN GOOD about it I actually feel like I’ve rescued the planet, or saved the world or something…I might not have become a big pessimist, after all, but well, as long as I’m writing this in FEBRUARY with all windows of the apartment wide open, wearing a light spring cotton shirt and one of my summer trousers and I still feel it’s warm, I guess I’ll never stop worrying.
May humanity start serious actions to save what’s left to be saved!