THIS MUST BE A EUPHEMISM

today, I must say, has been rather pleasant. I woke up around 9:00 and made my usual 3 cups of coffee (yes, for myself). I tinkered around on the internet checking e-mails and the latest REI sales…. nothing changed since last night.

I decided to finish the project i started the previous evening. I went out to the drive way and …. cleaned it. I know this sounds ridiculous but a man gets desperate with out a job or project. Well anyway, i methodically cleared the cracks between the slabs from the overdue moss and dirt. Then I moved to the edges. This presented a new challenge. I don’t have an edger; either electric or a hand tool. So I resorted to the next best lawn tool item… a steak knife. Not our new kitchen set knife, an old one from my bachelor days. I must have looked really white trash. I spent about two and a half hours cutting the edge of my lawn with a giant steak knife. Oh, and i forgot to mention i was wearing an old sweatshirt and a pair of my tight-fit running pants hiked up to my calves. I’m sure it was classy. Anyway thats what i did.

After sheri and i got home from our trip to the saturday market, i decided my edging wasn’t done… I turned my efforts to the back yard. I attacked the invasive clover.. . I lost… I truly believe that weed has no end to its growth.

now the pinnacle to my day. As i was griping to my bride about how badly i wished i had a job and a functional bicycle, i decided to text a friend and update him about the ironic condition of my body since my run yesterday. Just as i sent this message my phone, which was already experiencing a dying battery, suddenly shut off. I walked upstairs to plug it into its charger and tried to turn it on. I waited a second while pressing the power button and then the screen appeared blank with a simple statement: “Test Mode.”

God is Certainly humorous.

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