A Weekend in March
Posted by Patrick on Sunday, March 25, 2007Can't believe this weekend is over already, it went by quickly! On Friday I met one of our neighbors after their kid decided to play golf in our residential neighborhood and break one of our windows. Good thing I work at home and could see the golfing youths out the window, or we would never have known why our living room window was broken. The kid's father came by and offered to pay us for it, but I'm starting to suspect this will be a moderate pain.
I also had a new computer delivered on Friday, as my old PC had died and it was making it hard to get work done. This isn't really the best time to be dropping money on new computers, but if I'm to stay webbish, I kind of need one around. I now have dual monitors, which rocks in a nerdy way. It has Windows Vista which is a little different, but seems to work well enough, despite all the media attention that seems to imply that it's unusable.
Saturday, I drove to Chester, South Carolina to meet up with Pete and Tracy who were visiting Pete's family. It was a long, long drive, but good to see them. I ate some barbecue and hung out there, and had a good time.
Kate had to work while I was traveling, and that was a drag because it would have been nice to have her along when I got lost in Chester as I left and was quite worried that I'd never be heard from again. I did eventually find my way and make it home.
Today we I got up early. I went to Lowe's (twice) and bought grass seed, a sprinkler and other appropriate lawn tools. The previous owner left us with some dead spots in the back yard, so I was attempting to fill them in. Kate also had to work today, so she missed out on the fun of digging in the red dirt down here.
Can't honestly say I know much about the whole grass-growing process, nor do I find any particular joy in mowing the lawn, but I'm cautiously optimistic that it will look nice when it's all filled in. It's quite a transformation you go through when you suddenly own a piece of property and feel compelled to care for it.
We are both pretty wiped out.
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