Productive day
May. 26th, 2013 08:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
monkey5sI got the last section of bushes hacked back from where they were blocking the public sidewalk. This follows yesterday's work of getting the largest section of bushes pruned- on both sides. For this last section, my goal was only to get the sidewalk cleared, so they will need more work. But people can walk on the sidewalk now!
Afterwards, I sat and rested for a couple of hours. But then I went back out and mowed the front yard. OK, it was a half-assed mowing job. But the main areas that people see are mowed. That nearly did me in, to the point where I had to go get ice cream.
Rejuvenated by the massive caloric intake, I came home and got the broom out and finally swept the bulk of the dried grass and leaf litter off the public walk. I should have done it after the first mowing, when I was knocking down the really tall grass. But now it was dried out and fluffy, for the most part. Except for where it was matted down and trying to make soil, you know. But! Now people can not only walk along without being snagged by aggressively overgrown bushes, they also don't have to wade through stuff on the walk!
As for me, I have taken a pain reliever, and am tentatively scheduling tomorrow for a "non-functional due to excessive arthritis and strained muscles" day. My hands hurt, and I have also managed to get a blister on the side of my middle finger, from pruning branches that were really not willing to cooperate.
Afterwards, I sat and rested for a couple of hours. But then I went back out and mowed the front yard. OK, it was a half-assed mowing job. But the main areas that people see are mowed. That nearly did me in, to the point where I had to go get ice cream.
Rejuvenated by the massive caloric intake, I came home and got the broom out and finally swept the bulk of the dried grass and leaf litter off the public walk. I should have done it after the first mowing, when I was knocking down the really tall grass. But now it was dried out and fluffy, for the most part. Except for where it was matted down and trying to make soil, you know. But! Now people can not only walk along without being snagged by aggressively overgrown bushes, they also don't have to wade through stuff on the walk!
As for me, I have taken a pain reliever, and am tentatively scheduling tomorrow for a "non-functional due to excessive arthritis and strained muscles" day. My hands hurt, and I have also managed to get a blister on the side of my middle finger, from pruning branches that were really not willing to cooperate.
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Date: 2013-05-27 03:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-05-27 05:00 am (UTC)The good thing about being on my own is that heating up leftovers and cutting up a couple of carrots at 12:45 am for supper is no problem!
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Date: 2013-05-27 06:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-05-28 11:36 pm (UTC)This is Tuesday now. So far I got up, late, and ate, and watched a DVD. Then I went to the library and am now eating dinner while I read online. Pain levels are not bad, but the knees are cracking painfully at random intervals as I walk. So, more resting!
Still feel good about Sunday, though.