For the last time

Hopefully for the last time this year, I mowed, edged, weed ate, and generally wore myself out on Saturday.

I had a full day of outsideness Saturday. I was outside playing tennis, or waiting around to play tennis, or waiting around for the other people to finish playing tennis, from about 8:30 until 11:30. Then I went home, ate some lunch, and headed out to do yard work. I figured since I was already sweaty and stinky, might as well get more gross. Trying to save shower water, being the environmentalist that I am.

Yard work didn't start out well. I began by edging (which I dislike...mowing is ok). I got about a good 10 feet down the driveway when I ran out of string on the edger. Before buying a house and a yard, I had no idea that the edger uses a plastic string that is spun around very fast and slices the grass. I assumed there was a blade. So there's your lesson for the day. I was positive that I didn't have anymore, and I was p.o.'d that I couldn't get through the season without having to go buy some more. So I put it away and started mowing, trying to decide if I would be brave enough to go to Wal-Mart or Lowe's all stinky and grassy. Luckily for me, I didn't have to. As I was cleaning out the garage after mowing, I found one last disc of string. Yippee! So I was able to finish making my yard perfection...or as close as I am going to get. I stayed away from the poison oak, but probably inhaled it since I was weed eating around the tree.

Then I took a shower, and played around on the computer, stupid facebook. Didn't even get a real good nap in!

Much later than I would have wanted, bf came over and we went to a local Greek Food Festival. Opa! I got very tired of hearing that. It was much more crowded than I expected. There was only one line for food, and we waited for close to an hour. We had beers and it was a nice night, and my hunger pains had faded, so it was a pleasant time. We could partially see the Greek dancers on stage, too. By the time we got our food, it was after nine, and they had run out of every meat except the gyro meat. So that's what we had. Bf had roasted garlic, and we split a fried cheese dish. I didn't like the cheese (too strong and stinky for me), but bf loved it all. I enjoyed the gyro very much. The food and drinks were all relatively expensive (free entrance and parking), but for a good cause, I'm assuming. The Greek Orthodox Church is planning to build a new church.

It was strange to see priests there with their children, since I am used to the celibate priestly life. But it was overall a very nice and different evening. Otherwise, we probably would have been on bf's couch watching hockey. The Stars lost anyway, so it was a good choice to go. Opa!