I’m an actor and I’m a computer guy. I am not compatible with yard work. Yesterday I was doing my homework and my Dad asked me if I could help him with the yard. I sort of whined and said “Do I have to?” He said “It would be very much appreciated.” I took that for “Yes, you have to.” Anyway, I did all the weed whacking stuff for him. It was pretty hard because I have little upper body strength and the machine isn’t exactly feather light. Plus when you consider I live out in the country and I have about half the globe to trim down it doesn’t make it easy work. Nonetheless, I slapped on some protective eye-wear, threw on my ball cap and started working. I was holding this machine for about an hour and all I could think about was how much it was shaking and vibrating. When I was finished I had a drink with my Dad and I could hardly hold my arm still. In fact, for the next several hours all my arms were doing were shaking slightly. Dinner was slightly odd because I couldn’t hold my food still and I definitely spilled lemonade on me later at night while on the computer. I’m fine now … but it was awful. XD
I’m not opposed to yard work, but I don’t think I’ll ever be volunteering to do something like weed work again. I’d much rather sit on the riding lawn mower and cut the grass or rake leaves. Speaking of leaves, my GOD is it ever beautiful here this time of year. All of the trees are bright orange, red and yellow. It’s really quite amazing! It’s too bad it only lasts a few weeks and then everything is a crunchy brown. Around Halloween there’s no beauty left in anything. I always kick myself for not taking pictures this time of year … I should really get on top of that and start early fall next year.
