American Idle!

  A long weekend. And a day off for
a national holiday.
 It's a combination that should
give all of us a chance to be
"American Idle." A chance to take it
easy and do absolutely nothing.
 That's a great kind of 'Idle!"
 It all started out that way for
me on Memorial Day.
 Maybe it was the generally
sleepless night before. Or, perhaps,
the high humidity that discouraged
my wife and me from much activity.
 Whichever we figured this Memorial
Day would be spent lounging around
somewhere near the air conditioner.
 That feeling lasted just long
enough to realize that this was
the kind of day my Miata was made
for. It called out to me from
under its winter cover and within
a half hour we had the top down
and the car on the road.
 No watch. No place we had to
be. This kind of 'idleness' could
become a habit!
 But our homecoming was greeted
by that ever growing grass I
hadn't been able to cut for the
past month. My conscience got the
best of me and I pulled out the
duct taped electric lawnmower
(see my 'Green Acres Blog from
May 26th.) to trim the back
yard and scatter a few rocks
around the neighborhood.
 I had originally planned to include
a photo of the infamous mower
with this blog but decided against it
when I couldn't remember if
OHSA was one of my Facebook
friends!
 Meanwhile my wife, an unsung
mechanical wizard, managed to 
restring both of our aging and
troublesome weed whackers.
 After what seemed like an
hour in the 95 degree airless
atmosphere the back yard was
done! I collapsed into the
air conditioned living room knowing
the weed whackers and front
yard were not about to let this
American remain idle!
 I 'took five' then headed back
out to meet the foe!
 The new cutting cord tore it's
way through the grass and weeds
with only an occasional rip at
my sneakers and ankles.
Exhausted, I packed up all the
equipment and headed back
inside only to realize that
tiny bits of grass  had
attached themselves to my favorite
pair of light blue jeans.
 My wife again came to the
rescue pointing out that the
laundry was scheduled for
tomorrow.
 I was relieved for just a
moment. Then I remembered...
I'M DOING THE LAUNDRY!!!
 Looks like this long
weekend is a lot longer
than I expected!
 Hope yours was 'ideal'
and that all your NEWS is
good!