Lawn Mowing Day

Ah, it is this fateful day I come to every week. You all know my aversion to mowing on an emotional level, and on a practical level I hate it as well because the yard waste pick up is on Friday. So, if I (like most people) mow my grass on the weekend when I have more time, I have to house the clippings all freakin' week to Friday. With that, I usually mow during the week after work, which blows, and that is what I did today.

I was anticipating the usual sulking around as I pitifully push the mower, get covered in grass clippings and dust from emptying out the bag, turn red and have sweat pour in my eyes. All of that did happen, and my clippings trash can even started to tip over down a hill, as did the second one I had to start using because I have so much grass. Yes, at that point, I did break out into unsavory language and threw a pair of work gloves across the front yard. BUT, I never really sulked.

There was a point when I tried to pout when America's "Lonely People" started playing on my ipod. But just as I started down that thought path, something shot into my mouth as I inhaled. I don't know if it was something the mower kicked up or a bug randomly breezing by, but I immediately started spitting and gagging, so I never really saw what it was. That's when I realized that the universe was telling me not to be such a little bitch, so I hiked up my big girl shorts and got the yard done without thinking terrible thoughts about Joe. Progress.

Here I am now, before midnight on the eve of my day off already in bed. Yay! When I got out of the shower post-mowing, both dogs were already cashed, so that has been lovely. No second wind for them. Double yay! After I wrap this up I'm going to read until I fall asleep. That should help with the anxiety, as I'm expecting to hear from Joe tomorrow or Saturday or now on whether he passed or not. I'm going from not giving a shit or really knowing where my phone is to having it with me at all times and obsessively checking it. Even pulled a deployment move and tonight showered with it just outside the shower door in case I needed to pop out and answer it. :-) Right now, though, I feel alright about everything. I may not feel that way tomorrow. But right now, I am okay.