Friday, April 30, 2010

Retirement

I asked my elderly neighbor if she would like me to mow her lawn for her; she thanked me for looking out for her and asked if I would. She has been alone for many years and looks forward to talking to anyone who will listen to her stories of better times. I mowed the yard on a week day, during the day! After listening to several tales of days gone by , I got started. Once I was finished she came out and thanked me again and offered to pay me, which I declined, but she shoved a check in pocket. As I said goodbye to this kind old lady, she asked me if "I was retired" !

Bitch! Retired, do I look as old as you? Sure, I am a card holding member of the Bus Stop Coffee Club, I have paper cuts on my fingers from coupon clipping, the greeters at Wal-Mart know me by name and I yell at the mailman if he is late but "Retired"

Do I walk up to you and ask if you "are living". NO!

My mower isn't self propelled, I pushed that puppy for the two freaking hours it took to mow your crabgrass filled lot. Retired! Those three filthy animals that I take care of everyday are my "kids", not my "grand kids". Retired.

I can not find any good in here question so I am going to take a nap before the noon news!

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

A New Season!

First, I have to apologize for not blogging in so long! A very busy; still unemployed, several weeks has taken up all my time.

I got up the other morning and really felt different! I couldn't tell what it was, the sun was shining and the temperatures were to go into the upper 70's. There was nothing special about the day; job search, housekeeping, run errands and cooking, what has become my typical day. As soon as my feet hit the floor I felt the extra energy. I opened the windows to let in the fresh spring air and immediately got the first load of laundry started. Got the little guy on the bus and back at it. Cleaned the bathrooms and floors, dusted and vacuumed, then had breakfast. I then decided to clean out the closest downstairs and that turned into cleaning out the toy room! I wasn't sure where all this energy was coming from but I was enjoying it. It was a far cry from last week; I was irritable and sluggish all week. Just didn't feel like myself.

Next, I decided to strip the beds and wash all the linens. I hate this job, what was I doing! This job simply pisses me off, as I hate dust ruffles and believe the inventor of this item should be executed. I happily muddled my way through the job and started dinner in between loads. While chopping the onion, the tears started to flow and I thought about the movie, "The Blind Side". I started to tear up while watching that a few weeks ago. I don't do that! It must be allergy season!

Next, it was off to run errands and back. I had time before the filthy animals arrived home so I started to clean the windows inside and out. Just as I was starting the first window and thinking I have never done this, it hit me! I was Spring Cleaning!

Spring Cleaning! My idea of Spring Cleaning was cleaning out the shed and hosing the garage floor! My wife did this! I immediate stopped cleaning the windows and ran to the garage, grabbed a beer and sat at my work bench to ponder this strange twist.

A whole week of irritability and sluggishness...I even felt a little bloated. Then the watery eyes during the movie and now Spring Cleaning! OMG, what next, sensitive nipples!

It's alright; I checked, all good!