Rambling On ...
May. 27th, 2011 06:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
texchanGuh. It was freaking hot today. I'm not sure what our high was, but it was humid and sticky and just all-around ick. Sadly, it was also the first day on which the ground in my yard wasn't seeping water. (We've had a lot of rain lately.) So I decided I had better cut my grass. It was starting to look like a jungle in the back yard! Not good.
I picked up the yard (which I do every day -- to clean up after the dog ... yuck). Then, mowed everything. Had to go over most of the yard twice because the grass was so long; I have a little electric mower that doesn't have the power to get really long grass on a first pass. Then, I raked up all the loose clippings. If I leave them they can kill the grass beneath. Plus, my dog eats them and then comes inside to barf all over the carpet in the family room. So not fun. >.O Then, I picked up all the loose clippings to dispose of them. Every time I mow, it makes me wish I composted. I think it would be so much nicer to toss those clippings onto a compost pile. But oh well.
Needless to say, I was pooped after all of that. I didn't sleep well last night, which is nothing new but didn't help my energy levels at all. I've had a headache and been exhausted all day. I'm sitting here now (at 6:40 PM), seriously thinking about going to bed. Which is so, so sad for me.
Kiddo had an early release day from school. I was feeling a bit more human, so I went to pick her up after dropping hubby back home. When kiddo and I got home from school, one of the neighbor kids was outside, so she wanted to play for a while. I stayed outside and trimmed my big rose bushes while they played. I figured I might as well be doing something useful, right? Well, the combination of heat (again) and wrestling through thorny roses did me in again. I came away feeling tired and weak, and with a horrible headache. Which I have yet to shake. Ugh. I sound like such a whiner, don't I? *nervous laugh*
I finally got a new mouse for my Big Mac. For a few months now, my mouse has been acting up. It randomly disconnects itself from the computer and, then, refuses to connect back up -- no matter what I do. (OK, so sometimes it will connect back up if I bang it on the desk, but I figure this is probably not a very good "techhie" solution, so ...) Luckily, it was still under warranty, so hubby dragged me to the mall to get it looked at. The Genius Bar guys weren't able to get it to hook up, either, so they just gave me a new one. Love it! Although I think hubby monkeyed with the tracking speed, as my little cursor arrow is zooming around the screen like mad now. Ah well.
I'm off to take a bath. And perhaps go to bed. Yep. I'm that boring. Damn this headache. >.O
I picked up the yard (which I do every day -- to clean up after the dog ... yuck). Then, mowed everything. Had to go over most of the yard twice because the grass was so long; I have a little electric mower that doesn't have the power to get really long grass on a first pass. Then, I raked up all the loose clippings. If I leave them they can kill the grass beneath. Plus, my dog eats them and then comes inside to barf all over the carpet in the family room. So not fun. >.O Then, I picked up all the loose clippings to dispose of them. Every time I mow, it makes me wish I composted. I think it would be so much nicer to toss those clippings onto a compost pile. But oh well.
Needless to say, I was pooped after all of that. I didn't sleep well last night, which is nothing new but didn't help my energy levels at all. I've had a headache and been exhausted all day. I'm sitting here now (at 6:40 PM), seriously thinking about going to bed. Which is so, so sad for me.
Kiddo had an early release day from school. I was feeling a bit more human, so I went to pick her up after dropping hubby back home. When kiddo and I got home from school, one of the neighbor kids was outside, so she wanted to play for a while. I stayed outside and trimmed my big rose bushes while they played. I figured I might as well be doing something useful, right? Well, the combination of heat (again) and wrestling through thorny roses did me in again. I came away feeling tired and weak, and with a horrible headache. Which I have yet to shake. Ugh. I sound like such a whiner, don't I? *nervous laugh*
I finally got a new mouse for my Big Mac. For a few months now, my mouse has been acting up. It randomly disconnects itself from the computer and, then, refuses to connect back up -- no matter what I do. (OK, so sometimes it will connect back up if I bang it on the desk, but I figure this is probably not a very good "techhie" solution, so ...) Luckily, it was still under warranty, so hubby dragged me to the mall to get it looked at. The Genius Bar guys weren't able to get it to hook up, either, so they just gave me a new one. Love it! Although I think hubby monkeyed with the tracking speed, as my little cursor arrow is zooming around the screen like mad now. Ah well.
I'm off to take a bath. And perhaps go to bed. Yep. I'm that boring. Damn this headache. >.O