A Lawn Story

Julia came to rock the baby, so I used this chance to mow the lawn. At first the mower would not start; it was so cloged up with matted grass clipings from last year that I couldn't even pull the cord! I had to flip the mower over to dislodge the hard-as-concrete grass mats. Then there were about fifteen false starts. When the mower finally did start and stay running, I had to go over everything twice because the grass was so thick and wet (despite the sunny day). After my shower, I saw that my neighbor was out mowing her lawn; I figured that she saw me doing it and felt that she couldn't put it off anymore (we had just talked about how our lawns were bad but it was OK because our lawns matched). I went over to talk to her and give her a hard time about it, but as it turns out the City had come by and issued her a yellow slip stating that they had four days to take care of the lawn or the City would do it to the tune of $160! Yikes! Looks like I got to work just in time.