All over the place…

This past weekend was yet another BUST ASS session. After doing some quick cleaning in the house in the morning, we set out to Home Depot with 2 vehicles to load up with landscaping supplies to make the final push on this project I started the weekend prior. 300 dollars later we left and unloaded at home. We planted, we spread, we dug until early in the evening and still didn’t get it all done. For the past week and a half we have shifted into a summerlike weather mode meaning low 90’s and high humidity so it was really exhausting. I had my tunnel vision in full mode and wanted to get it all done but sadly I ran out of mulch.

Mother’s day I had to relent and agree to relax. 🙂 Sort of. We went to the beach for a couple hours and had a nice lunch there. We haven’t been to that beach since the last time my mom was down, over a year ago. On the way back we picked up additional mulch and then stopped at Sam’s Club. I had seen a good deal on a fridge awhile back and wanted to pick it up. We need a bigger fridge now because of my Mom being down. So, with 15 bags of mulch already in the back of the truck, I pull up front to load the fridge. Thankfully there was help to get it in. The box showed 338 lbs. Ali and my mom both were skeptical of my ability to get this behemoth into the house but I reassured them I would find a way. As we turned onto our street, Ali spotted an appliance dolly that our neighbor had in his garage. I called him up and asked if I could borrow it. He said sure and came up and helped me get it off the truck and in the house. In retrospect, I am not sure how I would have done it WITHOUT that dolly. The fridge was very heavy and so big that we had to pop the front door off to get it in.

After getting the new one in, I had to get the old one out. We had food all over the counters and the floor until I got the old one out into the garage and hooked back up. Then I had to hook up the icemaker line and get everything set up with the new one. It took much longer than I originally planned. Ali was perturbed at me because her and my mom were planning on going shopping and this lengthy fridge installation had made that all but impossible at this point. I didn’t even get to spread my mulch..

We went out for a nice Mother’s Day dinner and then came home and watched the Survivor finale. It was quite surprising to say the least. I would have never pegged Jenna as the winner and the fact that she won almost unanimously is pretty mind boggling. It was one of the best Survivors ever however. The Jeff Probst riding his jetski from the Amazon to NYC thing was silly but I guess they tried to mix it up. Each show does something a little bit different which keeps it interesting.

Last night after work I was sooooooo tired. We came home, I immediately sat in a chair and closed my eyes. I was so tired, that getting up to take out the trash seemed like a monumental task. It’s abnormal for me to feel so low energy. I’m hoping it is just a hangover from working so hard over the weekend and then staying up very late Sunday night. We closed on our mortgage refinance yesterday. We moved to a 15 year mortgage which will save us over 100,000 in interest alone. I also financed in a little extra so we can get our driveway paved.

Booked the flight out to Arizona for my sisters wedding in June. What a mess. It was very frustrating trying to find the best fare that fit our dates. The good fares had multiple blackout dates, the good dates were very high fares. I found a compromise between the two that should work out pretty well. It’s going to be a very costly June since the weekend prior to the wedding, we are flying to PA so I can play in the Pottstown Rumble.

I skipped volleyball last night because of my extreme lethargy and my knee feels a little tender. I am hoping it is just the cumulative result of all the outside work. I’m gonna let it rest this week and see how I feel the following week.

Ever have very disturbing thoughts that come out of nowhere? On Sunday night I was trying to go to sleep. All of a sudden I start thinking about what it would be like if my head was in front of a cannon and it went off. I wondered how long I my brain would continue to function, would it be instantaneous or would I be able to know what happened for a few moments. Why would I think of this? I don’t know. Then the harder I try to mentally change the subject, the more my mind wants to come back to it. So strange.