Yes I was…so dumb.
As you know I spent hours in my backyard this past weekend. Monday my body was complaining but not really with sore muscles, just with tired ones. You also know that I was determined to get my Butterfly Bush in the ground last night before the weather turns soggy.
I succeeded…the bush is in the ground!
Before I could put the plant in the ground I had to figure out the new home for the second path, a conundrum that took nearly an hour. I had to disassemble the old path, a task that involved using the steel rake to move bark mulch out-of-the-way, carrying stepping-stones to the fire bowl area until I need them and shoveling pea gravel into my wheelbarrow and wheeling it to its new home. The minute I started using the steel rake my muscles reminded me how tired they were…
But, I persevered and the path location has been determined!
The blocks are just markers so that I could get the angle correct, I’m going to keep the same pattern as the first path. I am in need of angled bricks, something I don’t have nor can I create thanks to a lack of tools, and more importantly, a complete lack of desire. So, I’ll stop at both Lowe’s and Home Depot to see if they have any broken bricks I can snare. Even if they don’t correctly fill the pathway, I can use pea gravel or sand in the (hopefully) small gaps.
I have no idea how I’m going to round the corner when I get to the wall, I’ll figure that out when I get there.
My outdoor work ended on a happy note – just before I went inside for the night I was serenaded by a little buddy…
…or maybe it was Mom lecturing me to REST for the next few days so that I can once again be a weekend warrior (I will ignore all urgings to play outside until Saturday, I promise!).
Unfortunately for me, my dumb bunny mode continued once I was inside – I work worked until 10:55PM! Yes – I was awake and working until then, finally going to bed nearly 3 hours later than usual!!! I was up at 4:45AM – the 5-3/4 hour sleep normally is fine, but not today. My body is THAT tired…not sore, just tired.
Here’s hoping this dumb bunny proves that you can teach an old dog new tricks and that I listen to my body and spend the next 3 nights doing fun mental stuff not fun physical stuff!
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