I Suck At Mowing The Lawn

Last Saturday, the weather was absolutely beautiful. That was the good news. The bad news was... the weather was absolutely beautiful. On my list of to-do's for the nice Saturday were a lot of outdoor home improvement projects involving the wild jungle known as our yard.

Now, I hate outdoor home improvement projects. Of all the home improvement project types, I probably dislike the outdoor ones the most probably because they don't yield enough gratification. For instance, if I install a new ceiling light, I can see that new ceiling light the day I install it and every day thereafter. If I remove weeds, I can see the finely weeded area for a couple of days before new weeds grow in to which I would have to repeat the process.

Luckily for me, Saturday's list only included mowing the lawn, raking the lawn, and planting new seeds. With the nice weather, there were other chores as well, like running to our local recycling center to get some compost. Yay compost!

Anyway, I suck at mowing the lawn. It took seemingly forever to mow the lawn because I had to constantly stop to empty the bag of clippings. And I must say, I am so out of shape. Perhaps that is why it seemed like it took forever to mow the lawn. Nevertheless, all of the items on the to-do list were checked off by the evening.

After all, Karen and I had plans for the evening. Earlier in the week, we were invited for dinner by our friends (Garv and Leeann). Apparently, my other friends (Sam and Tara) and their twin children were up from Virginia for their semi-annual Massachusetts trip. As Sam and Tara were staying at Garv and Leeann's, they wanted to have everyone over for a little shindig.

Interestingly enough, it turned out that only Karen and I... and our two year old daughter (Briana) and our almost two month old daughter (Bridget) were able to make the party. All of my other friends could not make it. Or as Garv joked, no one likes Sam.

It was good to see everyone. Among the topics of discussion that came up were Solar City, Game of Thrones, and Garv's fashion sense. The enviro-nut that I am, I discussed solar panels with Garv because he apparently had them recently installed (about a week). As for "Game of Thrones", that was just a recommended show by Garv. And naturally, we got a kick about recounting Garv's fashion sense and how he showed up wearing all white to help our friends (Marc and Kelley) move. Marc's sister thought Garv was a girl when he showed up to help (after we were done moving). Comical. Garv has come a long way since then.

And what seemingly was a random topic was Sam and Garv's discussion about whether the Quincy public schools prepared us for life. I have no idea where that topic came from (I'm guessing Sam because it seems like a Sam question), but apparently Sam and Garv were discussing it before we arrived. For anyone curious, I think the answer to that topic varies per person because everyone's experiences are different.

I also found out that Sam and Tara probably will not be making semi-annual trips anymore in the future. Apparently, Sam and Tara are moving to New Mexico to find aliens. I'm kidding about the alien part. It was a tidbit of information that I discovered when we were leaving. So most likely, it may be a while before I see Sam and Tara again.

All in all, it was a fun night. It was good to see my friends and just hang out.