The Longest Day
Insanity struck me today. I stayed outside for 11 hours today. Early August in south Louisiana.
7:30-8:30: Feed and medicate dogs and cats. Heat and eat leftover black beans and rice. Drink a bottled water.
8:30-10:00: Pull out all the spent plants from my garden. 13 of 14 tomato plants, bean plants, cucumbers, squash and zucchini. Kill two wasp nests found in bean plants. Drink two cans of diet lemonade.
10:00-1:00: Cut the grass for all four yards in the family plot. Take off shirt, welcoming the sun like a long lost friend. An hour later, put shirt back on, like I was running away, screaming and crying. Drink a bottled water.
1:00-1:30: Weed eat my own lawn. My shady lawn. Everybody else's plot is sunny. Everybody else is on ther own. The sun is my enemy. Drink a bottled water spiked with Crystal Light.
1:30-2:30: Eat lunch. Tater tots and veggie corn dogs. Drink a soda. Can't shower because I'll be going right back outside and get dirty again.
2:30-3:30: Go to store and buy tomato plants.
3:30-4:30: Kill time because it is way too hot and my head feels like a cherry tomato. Put on sunblock and read books about planting fall gardens. Drink a Powerade and a Crystal Light in the shade of my yard.
4:30-5:30: Help my wife clean some horse troughs. Think to myself "Now I can never say that I have never cleaned a horse trough". Load up my wheelbarrow twice with compost and horse poop. Curse the hot sun. Shovel the poop and compost into the garden. Thermometer says 92. Drink a bottled water.
5:30-6:30: Rototiller my garden and plant my new tomato plants. Water them. Detangle the weeds out of the end of the rototiller. Drink a diet lemonade.
6:30-7:00: Pick up all the tools. Notice how much cooler it is. Wonder why I didn't start now. Drink a bottled water.
7:00-7:30: Remove my clothes and burn them. Take a shower. Drink another bottled water.
7:30-8:30: Eat a massive vegetarian plate at a local Mexican restaurant. At one point I'm loading my fork with cheese that's loaded with a cheese sauce. For vegetarians it doesn't get more hearty than that. Drink two unsweet iced teas.
8:30-1:00: Watch 8 episodes of Entourage. Drink two vodka and cranberry drinks.
1:00-1:30: Blog about my day. Drink a glass of Pinot Grigio. Wonder why I am still awake.
The only thing missing from your day was a good round of print mgt. installation.
The funny thing was is that I felt like this was a day of relaxation, despite the heavy physical labor.
Before print management I would have thought of this day as hard work.