Adventures in Lawn Care - Part Two

[tothebeach08]

I tell this to possibly help others if they are faced with a similiar situation. Let me start by saying that if my Dad doesn't get out of the hospital soon, he is not going to have any working lawn equipment left.
It's a nice day, the grass needs to be cut and the weed eater has disappeared (I can see it in pieces in the weeds, but no one else knows where to look - don't worry I'm replacing it), so it's time to mount the riding lawn mower and take a ride. How hard can it be right? I drive a car, I've driven a golf cart, and I've perched on the back of a few motorcycles in my day. A lawn mower is slow, piece of cake. Right! The ipod is cranking and I'm off. About an hour into it, I'm thinking I'm pretty good at this. Until......a bug flies down my top, I look down to get it out and a tree branch wacks me in the face. Both of these are bad enough, but it gets better. It happened really fast, but seemed like slow motion. You see, there was this hill with a little ditch thing and in my panic frenzy of bugs and branches, I headed into the ditch at a bad angle. I could feel what was going to happen, but couldn't do anything to stop it. That's right, I rolled the riding lawn mower. I kinda crawled/ran to get away from it (lucky it cuts off when your behind leaves the seat so the motor was off). In my, again frenzy, to get away I didn't get my balance good and kinda fell/rolled right onto a tree stump. I landed as if I was jumping onto a horse to ride it, if you get my drift. The lawn mower guy came out to get it back on it's tires, of course all the male neighbors were out to offer their assistance in extracting myself from my new boyfriend. I'm officially retiring from lawn work.

[Cronos]

The lawn mower guy came out to get it back on it's tires, of course all the male neighbors were out to offer their assistance in extracting myself from my new boyfriend. I'm officially retiring from lawn work.

Ouuuuuuch.

Hope you're okay, TB08.

[TimeForGuinness]

what kind of lawnmower was it?

[AdmiralKird]

Tothebeach08 needs to change her name to Onthebeach08

On the Beach (1959 Film)

The story is set in 1964, what was then the near future in the months following World War III. The conflict has devastated the northern hemisphere, polluting the atmosphere with nuclear fallout and killing all life. While the nuclear bombs were confined to the northern hemisphere, global air currents are slowly carrying the fallout to the southern hemisphere...The characters make their best efforts to "enjoy" what time and pleasures remain to them before dying from radiation poisoning.

[dangerous]

PM me if you need a massage.

[cardsfansince82]

I'm officially retiring from lawn work.

That's a good idea.

I'll admit. I kinda wish there was video of this. But it's good to hear you are OK. You could have easily gotten burned by the engine or broken your leg or worse.

[tothebeach08]

what kind of lawnmower was it?

It is a green lawn mower.

I am very, very sore. I was still awake at 2 a.m. self administering therapeutic massage, didn't help.

[Radbird]

You need to hire a full time videographer.

You'd make a good reality show.