Grass done...check!

I cut the back grass today. It doesn't sound like much, but with a push mower and three kids fighting on and off in the background, it was an accomplishment. My mind kept traveling to the zero turn John Deere in the garage during my torment of pushing and dumping load after load of grass. As much as I would have liked to have fired it up I was afraid to mess with it. I haven't been 'properly
schooled' on the thing and thought what if I mess it up or break it somehow?

I’m actually being stubborn and cheap about the whole grass cutting thing. I didn’t have to cut the lawn. My husband told me to call the lawn service before he left. But with so much rain the lawn has been out of control, and I can’t see spending that much money. My oldest who is 11, suggested that we mow it and save the money and do something fun like go to Kokomos with the extra cash instead. It sounded like a great plan, and he even helped but he’s too young to mow the whole thing yet. During the two hours it took to complete my task I broke up two fights that started with “Mom he hit me… “, removed a hockey puck and a nerf ball from the gutter, and taught a lesson on why never to touch mushrooms that grow in the grass. Finally they decided to go in the house and play video games. I’m normally against that sort of thing on a nice sunny day, but today I decided to make an exception to my rule.