Friday, April 11, 2008

Spring Break, Day 4

So, yesterday was a little bit of a downer. We spent the afternoon slaving away in the yard. We filled the back of our great big 1977 Ford, the one I call The Beast, with all sorts of broken toys and other yard junk. I actually got rid of our porch swing and our fire pit. Yucky. I tried to mow the lawn, but a whole tank of gas and an hour later I had only made 3 swipes around the yard. It is a big yard, but that was ridiculous.
At 6:30 we went to the gym to go swimming. I don't know what I was thinking. I should have gotten there at 5:45! Our pool has a capacity of 15 people. My girlfriend had just showed up with her kids and some friends- which meant that 14 people would have to get out of the pool before we could get in. I didn't really see that happening.
Oh, poor broken hearts!
What we ended up doing was staying up all night watching Alvin and The Chipmunks and The Waterhorse. I guess it was all in the name of family time. Still, it wasn't swimming....

3 comments:

Debbie said...

Got a coupla questions.
Did you use a riding mower?
Did you go swimming at 6:30 am or pm because if that was a.m. I am going to bow down to you.
A pool that only accommodates 15 is called a hot tub isn't it? ;)

Glad you could make up for it with some movie time.

It is 80 degrees here, and I have had a house full of kids playing soccer, baseball, breaking lightbulbs, asking for water, running from bees...good times.

Gina said...

PM! I am not sadistic. Actually, I could probably count on one hand the number of times I have seen 6:30 am. 2 am, now that's another story!
No riding mower:( I called my girlfriend who lives about 45 minutes away and has a riding mower and said, "I'll pay you to mow my lawn." SHE LAUGHED AT ME!

mer@lifeat7000feet said...

Thanks for the movie suggestions...

We watched Alvin and the Chipmunks on our snow day (thursday) and we watched Nancy Drew last night. Ummm, I much preferred Nancy Drew to the squeaking chipmunks!