Mowstress Moments

6-8-2019 Today is my Dad’s 80th birthday, so today as I mowed I thought a lot about him, my life without him, and the future ahead and I decided that I should start a mowing therapy business.  Interestingly enough, over the last 2 and a half months since I have been in this home and the last 6 weeks that I have actually mowed my lawn, I have actually gotten to enjoy my mowing time.  I throw my headphones in, (I have new ones that actually hook over my ears so not such an easy escape), I turn on Spotify, and I start to runmow. In this hour or less of time, I think about my week, my plans for the future, my extensive list, my kids, and just life in general and as crazy as it sounds, it is kind of therapeutic.   And then I started to think maybe I am on to something here (yes this is how my mind wanders), maybe I could start a lawn therapy business…. People could come to my home, maybe discuss a little what they might be thinking, and then mow and pay me for the t...

June 4th, 2019 Sadly, I never did find that earbud….  At this point my guess it that it has either drowned or been shredded, either case would serve it right.  I started my mowing process on Sunday. My time was amazing although I was a little sore from working out the day before.  However, in spite of that, I was going right along and thinking I was gonna get this done cutting another ten minutes off my time… until the SPUTTER!  Well darn it, wouldn’t you know… with half a backyard left and beating my own PB I ran out of gas. And no, I did not fill it, I looked in the little hole before I started and could see the gas so figured I was ok….  WRONG! I can tell you that as sore as I was, I sprinted to the garage for that gas can… I was not ruining my time. And so….yes….I still was able to cut 5 minutes off my PB for a run-mow time of 50 minutes. Win! The real challenge this week, however, has not been the mowing, it has not been the weed whacking, it h...