Friday's weather was lousy, most of Saturday was taken up by the kids' events, and I was grumbling Sunday morning because much of a nice day for bike riding was going to be taken up with yard work that I hadn't been able to do the previous days.
Maybe 10 years ago one of my friends from college said he'd started to pay someone to cut the grass - said "it was a no-brainer". I disagreed, citing the feeling that I could make the property look nice through my efforts. Also, kind of like the shower, I've always found lawn mowing to be a good time to get some thinking done.
So yesterday morning after listening to me grumble, my wife offered that she'd be happy to hire someone to mow, to give me more time. I hadn't been thinking about that... but I am now.
Last year I was having an issue with one of the safeties on the mower - there's a lever that is only supposed to kill the engine if the blades are engaged, but it kills the engine all the time now. That makes it pretty hard to start. I wish I had left myself a note, because I completely forgot about this when I tried to fire it up for the first time. I wasted half an hour until I remembered. Now I have a nice clean spark plug, and a heavy spring clip to hold that lever down (that's my fix for now).