Jessi’s Blog

Ok, I don’t usually get all metaphorical, and/or sentimental.  But today something got to me, and I’m going to get it out of my system.

This is going to be long, so I would recommend going to the bathroom and getting something to eat before you start to read..ol (Ok, there’s my sarcasm)

Ok, so today I decided I’m going to finally get out in the yard and get some things taken care of.

I live with my uncle, in the house we lived in when my grandmother was still alive.  She would have been ashamed with the condition of the yard.  lol  It’s not dirty, but we haven’t done much else but cut the grass in the last three years…Just haven’t had the drive.  We never even got the leaves off the cement patio out front last fall…Just let them stay..

So today, I’d had enough…I dug them all off and into the yard so I could run them over with the lawn mower and suck them into that bag thing on the back.  I also managed to do this even though there were WORMS and those one creepy crawlies…What are they? Centipedes?  Little spawns of satan…*horrified*

While doing this I just kept thinking over and over..WHY DID WE LET IT GET THIS BAD? GROSS!

Then I got out the mower and got the yard cut.  There was only one part in the yard that really NEEDED it…The spot where the dogs do their business is the only spot with really nice grass..lol I should start moving their chains around the yard so they can fertilize.

I did develop blisters on each of my thumbs, and that made me kind of mad.

While going around the yard, I kept finding other things that need to be done…The flower bed by the tree in the side of the yard needs weeded out…That could look good again…And we definately need some flowers…But not the ones that require a lot of attention, because I can’t be trusted to take care of them.

Now that I’m done for the day, I am thinking that I did all of this for a reason.  Maybe to bring all the work I’m doing in my financial life into perspective.

All the dirty work has to be done all the time…Even though it can be disgusting and irritating.  The worms and blisters represent this. 

It’s all going to need to be done again in a week or so…And I’m always going to be paying for something…Even when I get caught up, I’m still going to have to pay someone something…

When the yard was finished and cleaned up and looking better, it was all worth it…I can be proud to live here! (And gramma wouldn’t throw a fit!) And the same goes for my finances…Cleaning it up and keeping it that way is what’s going to make me better.

Ok, I’m done for now.