My Friday nights and Saturdays are full of fun, sun, family, food. I'm not complaining! Sundays though, people drift out of the campground back home so that they can mow their yard, do laundry, and get ready for the work week ahead.
Some Sundays I simply collapse with exhaustion, catch up on the TV shows I DVR'd during the week, and retreat from the world for awhile. I am the classic introvert, and while I love people and having fun, they wear me out!
Today I was determined to cross off some of the items on my long to-do list. I sprayed dandelions and thistles, put pesticide on the multitude of ant hills in my yard, harvested rhubarb, watered plants, weeded my gardens, and expanded my back garden to make easier to mow around. That last task entailed hand cutting sod on ground that legend has used to be a rock quarry.
Some neighbors rode over to say hi on their bikes, and while we visited, a chipmunk ran to my feet, up my shoe and sat there for a minute. My neighbors think I'm a chipmunk whisperer!
After they left, the same chippie came back and ran up my shoe again and then hung out around my feet for awhile. I got some sunflower seeds, sat on the ground and waited. He almost ate from my hand, but at the last moment scrambled up the shepherd's hook for the safer meal choice in the bird feeder. It was a nice break to a back-breaking chore, and reminded me to be grateful for where I live.
I'm done with the yard chores now, and will start on the laundry and the dishes after I take the Tylenol for my aching back...
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