Kristin’s Playground

Now, I know mowing the lawn doesn’t really seem like it should be on the same list as “Get your Ph.D,” but I felt this was an important life skill that I should know how to do. Don’t get me wrong - it’s not like I’ve never mown a lawn before, it’s just that, growing up, we had a rather large lawn. This meant that we ended up having a riding lawn mower. So, I’ve used one of those plenty. I’ve just never used one of the standard push-mower things, and I felt I should probably know how to use one. Of course, once it was on my list, Logan was all to eager to help me cross this goal off, so yesterday evening I did!

All in all, it wasn’t so bad, though I can’t imagine doing it in full sun on a hot day. You get surprisingly sweaty, even when there’s a nice breeze. Our lawn mower is supposed to have a self-propel feature, but unfortunately, it really doesn’t do too much. The most annoying part of it was the large plants on the edge of the lawn in the backyard. Trying to sufficiently mow the lawn under some rather pokey branches was frustrating at times.

Still, the lawn is mowed, and I get to cross something off of my list! Go me!