It just so sucks to get old! Yesterday was such a nice day, cloudy in the morning and cool. I started out my day with a nice hot cup of coffee and surveyed my domain, mentally creating a list of "things to do today". First on the list was trimming the back yard edges in order to make things look sharp. That was a job in itself. My new gas powered trimmer is wonderful (particularly if you are 6 feet tall) and gets nice and close. It didn't take too much time to do all the edges of the fence, sidewalk, and shed, then clean up the trimmer and then I was ready for the lawn. By this time the sun has come out and it's getting a little warm. Not a problem...lots of ice water at the ready! So I mowed and dumped, and mowed some more, and dumped some more. Most of what I was dumping out of the catcher bag wasn't grass, it was leaves and pine cones and hazel nut shells...which are surprisingly heavy after the 4th or 5th load. By the time I was finished I was dehydrated, heat exhausted, dirty, had walked through countless spider webs (which of course makes one do the famous screaming, crazy flapping hand-waving dancing circle). I cleaned my mower, put everything away, took off my filthy clothes and collapsed on my bed...mistake #1! After about 10 minutes of "resting" I tried to get up to shower some of the grime off only to discover that every muscle I had used had decided to go on strike and freeze up on me causing untold pain every time I tried to move. After going over in my head the best ways to move which would cause the least amount of pain, I finally rolled off the bed and crawled to the shower...I feel much better now...or at least cleaner. Now the problem arose as to what I was going to wear. What can I put on that I don't have to raise my arms to get into (use of arms), or bend over to pull on (also use of arms) which pretty much narrowed it down to nothing, so I crawled back into bed and called it good.
Now Bella is the best of companions, as far as companions go. She sleeps beside me, goes for car rides with me, plays games of catch with me, and loves me unconditionally. Unfortunately, in the boy I really need something to drink and eat will you go get it for me department, she's pretty much worthless. This meant that I had to again, figure out how to get out of bed with the least amount of pain, shuffle to the kitchen in a bent-over position because straightening up was just not happening, then finding something to eat that didn't involve the microwave (raising the arms issue) or dishes (again with the arms) which pretty much narrowed down my choice to grapes because they were in the middle drawer of the fridge, and water...glass on counter, water in middle of fridge as well.
Today is Sunday! Today I can raise my arms! I can't move very well otherwise, but the arms are working fine. I also can't walk in a full upright position since I must have tweaked my back some how. Ah well, the back yard looks great! Just so you don't think I'm a big whinny wuss over mowing my yard, I also trimmed three trees, whacked the branches into tiny pieces and put it all in the yard debris container for disposal. Not too shabby for half a days work.
Well, I'm off to do the laundry for work tomorrow. I may have to make use of the hot tub tonight, which means I have to go out and clear away the spider webs so we don't have a repeat of the screaming dance in the back yard...makes the neighbors wonder just what kind of parties I have!
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