Lawn and Garden
Where have I been, you ask? Well, first I got hammered by finals and the move out. Let me tell you something (as I probably shared last year). One of the best workouts you can possibly imagine is moving an entire dorm room worth of stuff down 8 flights (5 floors) worth of stairs. And yes, I am dumb enough to bring things like 45 pound receivers, 2 35 pound speakers, a 70 pound sub, a 35 pound computer (that still gets me), and a 50 pound sack of foam. So, let’s see, the total for the big stuff alone is … 270 pounds worth of awkward huge items. Just plain stupid I tell you, that I bring all that stuff. But it’s like people in the days of the Wild West - kill two oxen and ruin a couple wagon axles just to get a piano out into the west. Then again, I can see myself doing that, too. Must be a genetic “break your back to bring luxury items” sort of allele. I hope it’s recessive, because I wouldn’t wish it on my kids.
Second, I got hammered by a weeks worth of yardwork. Yes, I did get paid for it in the end, which was a great bonus, but I did enjoy helping out my mom and dad with their landscaping task.
Check that thing out, 61 feet of garden wall around the outside (the new part). So, you say, “Alex, that’s really easy and I could do it in two days without complaining.” I would respond “NO YOU COULDN’T YOU WOULD DIE TRYING, OH LORD DO NOT ATTEMPT.” That’s some of the hardest, rockiest clay soil you will ever, I repeat ever gonna say it again EVER try to dig in. Makes you handy with a pickaxe faster than you can say “I wish I was more handy with a pickaxe.” Either way, 5 days and 4 million calories later, here we are with a beautiful garden set to grow throughtout this short Minnesota summer. Makes me rather philosophical: it seems that all beautiful things are a result of the serendipitous culmination of large amounts of energy, perhaps that it why we value them so highly.
Welcome to summer.