My Instead: I joined Annette’s parents outside to help them work
in her yard in the drizzling rain.
It was another weekend spent in Farmington, Missouri with my
girlfriend Annette. This time her parents were visiting from Butler, Missouri
which is over five hours away. They arrived on Friday afternoon and I rode in at
7 p.m. the next evening. The three of them had spent a big part of their Saturday
raking, blowing and mulching leaves in Annette’s huge yard. Her dad had even
gotten out his chain saw and cut down some dead trees. He is 81 and works like
a 50-year-old…no exaggeration. Her mom is 79 and keeps up, right by his side.
They amaze me!
On Sunday morning, Annette and I were both taking advantage of
sleeping in. She had a fresh cold and I was just starting to get over mine. When
I got up, I looked out the bedroom window and noticed a fire burning. I knew
that her dad was already outside, busy with whatever chores he noticed that
needed to be done. I went downstairs, got some coffee and sat at my laptop ready
to tackle yet another blog. That is when I saw Annette’s mom and dad buzzing around in the front yard in the
drizzling rain. Enough of this! I'm not going to sit inside while
these two people (almost 20 years my senior) are out there working. I dressed and was outside in five
minutes.
Her dad and I surmised what was next to be done. We got the riding
lawn mower out, hooked up Annette’s wagon and headed down to the woods to move
the logs he had cut the day before. They would be great for Annette’s wood
burning stove after he splits them with his wood splitter next spring. Annette
joined us, even in the wake of her cold’s misery. She did the hauling and the
parents and I did the loading and unloading. We had a good system going.
The four of us worked outside for an hour or so under a slow
drizzle of rain, perfect weather…for getting sick or sicker. Deciding that it
made better sense to come in out of the rain, we went inside for some hot coffee
and biscuits and gravy. What a fun Sunday morning…better than church! So glad I decided "not to be outdone".
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