So I was on a sort of pseudo-roll, when life went and got busy enough to prevent me from having lots of time to write. 🙂

It all started last week on Tuesday with an evening meeting. By the time I got home, I didn’t feel like doing anything but going to bed. So I did just that. And during the evenings for the remainder of the week I was working on bits of a project with a deadline in place, so once again…

I didn’t manage to accomplish as much this last weekend as I’d hoped. But I did, however, manage to take a load of pictures. It was a fairly nice weekend and I spent a little time outside in addition to just hanging around the house. It was a good time.

Sunday I also started up the lawnmower for the first time since it got put away last fall. That all started because I had a bit of a fire under my ass (I got motivated) and decided to see how much gravel I could procure from the road ditch (due to snowplowing), which I would then use to spread on the driveway — specifically in one low spot.

It didn’t take long to have a trailer full of gravel, and there’s a lot more to get yet. I figure I’m just doing my part to clean up the road ditches a bit (especially since I mow them and it’s either ‘collect the gravel and do something with it’ or ‘mow the gravel all year long’). Besides, it’s unsightly, and the county isn’t going to clean it up. So I might as well do the work and get something out of it for myself. 🙂

I have managed just that. I got one trailer of gravel on Sunday afternoon, and I raked up another two trailer loads of gravel this afternoon. The one really bad spot in the driveway is now more or less fixed (for now). And part of the ditch is cleaned up.

I’d have done more on Sunday, but I had to fix a tire on the trailer, which I didn’t get around to doing until this afternoon. But once it was fixed (which didn’t take long), that trailer works like it’s brand new (except it doesn’t look brand new). I figure I’ve got at least three more loads of gravel sitting in the ditches, but I’m not sure exactly when I’ll get to that. I’d like to keep working on it a little bit at a time, especially right now, before the grass gets too long and whatnot.

So that’s been my free time lately. 🙂 Short of that it’s been the same old business.

It’s nice to have what really feels like spring in the air. Between that and the extra sunlight during the day, it’s quite a motivator. 🙂

But, at any rate, I need to head for bed. So until next time…

“The difference between ‘involvement’ and ‘commitment’ is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was ‘involved’ – the pig was ‘committed’.”
– unknown

–MZ