yard work

like me, dave is experiencing some new found freedom with the end of the semester so close. unlike me, dave is actually being productive with this new energy. part of today saw dave outside, attempting to mow down our meadow. he made a lot of progress, although perhaps not obviously so to the naked eye. much of his time was spent dispensing of the rocks in the grass left over from my morning of digging the car out of the mud (months ago), discovering an ant colony (maybe maybe this is the enemy camp that we've been fighting for so long!), disassembling and dumping out the pool (from last year) and trying to get as much grass as possible to fit in our limited yard debris trash can. yard work and i have a love hate relationship. on the one hand being outside in the sun and working the yard just feels so right. again, its that little happy-contented-this-is-a-great-thing feeling that i get sometimes. and its so nice to have a yard that you can be proud of and to actually accomplish something with your hands and the force of your back. on the other hand, bugs and i do not get along. and there are so incredibly many of them. everywhere. and they're so crawly. and they have no inhibitions about crawling right over top of me. and so mostly i admire others doing yard work. but sometimes my leather gloves make me feel invincible and then its love again.