Thursday 7 April 2016

Keepin' on Up

Life is a bit of a yo-yo act, one day is good, another might be a bit more on the bleh side. So you stumble through that day and the next day is OK again. It's weird, frustrating too. But I grow used to it after a while.

Yesterday was a day off for me, which included a slight sleep in until 7:30 when I forced myself up -  knowing the two little dogs we have managed to accumulate would need food, love and attention - like they always crave. Mum and Dad left early, about 5am to go do some spraying, where they would be all day. And Nick eventually left too for a date with the new girlfriend. Happy times, I guess.
Except that yet again I had a day all to myself with no clue, whatsoever, on what I could occupy myself with. Other than dogsitting the little munchkins who are actually a heck of a lot of trouble - especially when you add Frodo and Pippa into the mix. Eventually I decided to mow some more lawns, which has sadly turned into a common occurrence for me and they simply won't stop growing. Every hour or so going and getting the dogs and taking them for another run around outside for 10 minutes or so. Then popping them back inside and continuing with the onslaught of greenery.

That took up a few hours, I stumbled across a huge pile of feijoa's under one of our younger fruit trees so brought them all inside, and I was still going a little bit crazy so I then hauled out the vacuum cleaner and played around with that for a bit. I find the day slowly melts away when I keep giving myself jobs to do, sad I know, on my one day off. I guess I just get bored being on my own - I never realised how important it is for me to be around people, every so often speaking to someone who is actually able to speak back (without barking) can be quite pleasant. I just forget, until I'm by myself again.

At some point in time I found myself a nice comfy spot on the top lawn in the sun, to sit and watch the dogs run around like goofs for a while. They're playing tug of war over a willow branch and Pippa found it simply fascinating and also joined in on the fray - going slightly berserk herself. haha

But it's been a nice, sunny week and I'm now back at work again for a two week stretch - before taking three days off to get some repairs done on my car. The Airbag Occupancy Sensor, under my seat is playing up and needs replacing - so that'll be a day or two at the auto electricians to be sorted out. Airbags can come in handy from time to time, so fixing it is probably an unfortunate, necessary evil!

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  1. Can't bag on the airbag lol

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  2. *coughcough*Skype me*coughcough*

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    1. I know! I have a bit to catch up with you on :)

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    2. Absolutely! Gimme a buzz. Best time will probably be before the holidays, 'cos all of my workmates are popping off for the holidays and I'll have a stack of work hours.

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    3. Ok um when are the holidays? Is it this week coming?

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    4. Week after this week coming.

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  3. Haha, having the lawns growing too fast, while painful for mowing, at least means grass is growing somewhere! :P I mowed our lawn the other day, took about 7 hours, simply because I was emptying the catcher every 30 seconds pretty much. Took me three times longer to empty it than fill it... :P
    Then yesterday, did it in just under 2.5 hours... :P

    That boredom is sad aye. You want to be alone and have headspace, but once you have it, you're just like, bleh, I want company... :P
    I must say though, I am looking forward to May, about 3 weeks to myself. Whoop Whoop! :P

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    1. What are you going to do with yourself for those three weeks? :P

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  4. 7 hours to mow lawns?!? Wow, but then we don't bother with the catcher at this time of year.

    What ARE you going to do by yourself for 3 weeks??

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    1. Haha, 7 hours, I know. And you know how small our lawn is too!!! It was just a hay paddock, if I'd left the catcher off it would've just made a total mess, leaving grass absolutely everywhere. Alright if its not much, but when you have too much, it buries the live grass, smothers it, and kills it. You have to go round afterwards with a rake or something.
      And yeah, the 7 hours is because I hadn't mown it for about a month, just too busy, getting other jobs, and awesome grass growing weather, it just got out of control.
      What am I going to do with my self for 3 weeks? Same as last year by myself, fencing. 1000 acres of fences to fix, I'm going to be one busy chipmunk. Oh, and I'll have to shift stock every now and again, but other than that, fences. Haha, by then end of it, I'll probably have a phobia of fences, see one with a hole in it, scream and run away... :P

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