Jungle

So last night after work I decided to work on mowing down our now very high grass.  Mowing high grass with our tractor isn’t a lot of fun.  It lacks the power to cut high grass without slowing down to a snails pace and even with doing so, often you have to double back to hit the area again to knock down the blades of grass it missed.   I knew it was going to take a long time. I could tell that summer had officially arrived, I was eaten alive by gnats until I went and coated myself with bug spray.

Well luckily Ali got home earlier than I expected and she offered to come out and mow so I could weed whack.  She got about 2/3 done before it started to rain.  It was raining hard for awhile so I had to retreat to the lanai and wait it out.  When the rain slowed a bit I decided to quickly head out and finish up even though there was some lightning and thunder in the area.  I have to admit I had thoughts of getting struck by lightning as I carried around my 4 foot long metal weed whacker. Each time I saw a flash I cringed a bit.

I got it done so all that I have to do tonight is finish up the mowing.  Then I can turn my attention to the myriad of other things that need to get done before we depart.