moment of glory

okay, so i know personal boasting is not a considerably attractive trait, but seriously if you can't brag on your blog where can you brag??? ;o)

today i had delusions of grandeur centered on a trip to the cascades and a lovely day in the mountains. unfortunately my plans were detained due to circumstances beyond the scope of this anecdote.

and so i was left with a void.

a completely free, unplanned, beautifully sunny, seattle sunday afternoon. i must say the sun was intoxicating. i was sitting in my front yard and could barely move after returning home from church and discovering an insanely beautiful day awaiting. and as i was lazily daydreaming in my yard, i began to realize just how unkempt our little 'lawn' (composed mainly of dandilions, pine needles and this really strange tall tall grass-ish plant) had become. i guess house-renting is a little different than apartment-renting in more ways than the purchasing-a-gas-dryer-oops-incident that occured earlier in the year!

so hmmm. i set out on a quest to conquer the yard...and conquer i did! i was so proud of my courageous traverse into the very strange but oh-so-seattle-normal 'untied airlines' cargo sheds that reside in our backyard. although a bit hesitant at first, my quest was not in vain. amid the many rusting rakes, shovels, push brooms, unidentifieable flotation devices, terra cotta pots, cobwebs and mouse nests...to my surprise i discovered not only an electric weed-wacker but also an electric mower -- what fortune! and so began a laborious, glorious, strangely romantic afternoon in the sun of 'lawn' grooming! it was truly fantastic. just as i so unfortuitously was unaware of the existence of gas clothes dryers i was equally unaware of the electric verision of a lawn mower -- you know how when you vaccum it can be so annoyingly difficult to avoid running over the cord? well, i discovered the same laws of confoundment apply.

anyways, after my surprisingly productive afternoon outdoors i was just wrapping thing up -- winding the amazingly extensive extension cords -- when a neighbor came calling. literally. i heard this guy callling from around the corner, so i responded and he emerged in the yard and his face changed from surpirse to disappointment when his voice fell and he said 'oh, i thought surely i would find a guy back here...' yes!!!!!! i love it. as i tried to supress my welling, i-feel-like-i-just-got-a-gold-star-on-my-math-tables pride i told him i was sorry to dissapoint and he continued to explain that he was having trouble moving a table up his stairs and heard the mower and thought he would find some true muscles -- not just little old me (oh what? this old thing??? wink. wink.) he he. it was a victorious moment in my small little life. a victoriously lovely ending to a truly splendid afternoon.

i know al gore might be a little dissapointed in me but....i heart electric lawn mowers!
(okay, someday i'll try a push-mower al)