'Day Off"

Sunday- chuch day...with this particular afternoon off!

I woke up bright and shiny this morning (figuratively of course) and headed down yonder to do chores. There was nothing to extraordinarily out of the ordinary. Everyone was on good behavior and ate up! After chores I had to go through a short hunt to find out what time church was because I couldn't get ahold of Marva last night- but Merle did this morning and it's a 9. So, I had a little time to go home and clean up before hand. I went back to the little Episcopal church in town with no concern of being kicked out...unlike other places I may have gone in the past! haha I enjoyed the service and went downstairs (as instructed) afterward to eat with everyone. I believe there were 21 people there total, including the lecator...and all 21 were downstairs. But, I was not the youngest one there for a change- someones grandson who was about 1 year old sat in front of me and played with me the whole time- haha it was entertaining.

So anyway, I left church and grabbed my long past overdue mail and got some groceries. I was also hoping to pick up a few other things but couldn't find any other places open in Martin on a Sunday. I actually hunted around for a greenhouse the ladies at church were talking about but I couldn't find it either so I came home. After unpacking the groceries, changing clothes and cleaning up the house I decided that I had better mow the lawn...not exactly what I had in mind for a day off but I'm not exactly a pro at relaxing and it needed to be done.

I went down and got the lawn mower and filled it up with gas, then hunted for oil. I put the closest thing we had to the right oil in, and tinkered aroudn for a while and eventually it worked! I hauled the mower up to my house and ran it for about two hours until the dumb thing ran out of gas...well I couldn't find the gas can in the shop (which was probably hidden in plain sight) so I loaded the dumb mower back up- drove it to the fuel tank, filled it up, and came back home with it. When it was all said and done I had mowed like four hours. During that time I also foudn a ginormous rabbits nest and managed to avoid mowing it...that would have been nasty. Not sure that I want all the rabbits around but I know I don't want to run them through the mower!

By the time I was done mowing it was time to do chores so I loaded the mower up, put it away back where i got it, and did chores with Merle and Adrienne. Afterward I came home- cooked (yes I cooked!) a couple hamburgers and watched "A River Runs Through It". Now, I want to learn to fly fish! haha...perhaps I should work on just plain fishing period.

Today I learned that I am terrible at taking a day off and that I need to find a new place for the fire pager because I can't understand the darn thing when it goes off! Otherwise I think I'm ready for bed. It sounds like rain tomorrow but I guess we'll see.

"Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another." - Anatole France Quote