Short Post-Mother's-Day Post

... A first for me this Mother's Day 2012:

Look, we were out of town the two previous days and our guests were due by 4 p.m. The house looked like a Safety-Don't poster, the refrigerator was empty except for the stinkiest of leftovers, and the grass should have been mowed a week earlier but wasn't due to rain.

So my favorite Mother's Day gift from Husband was a free vacuuming and grocery-shopping pass, which I immediately redeemed -- a trade-off that resulted in me on the tractor cutting the grass.

If you are a mother mowing the lawn on Mother's Day, you might consider a paper bag over your head. I opted for the big hat and sunglasses because the paper bag was too hot and the hem of the burqa kept catching in the wheels.

However, I suspect I was still identifiable. I wonder how many people saw me and thought, wow, that chick is married to a real loser if she has to mow the lawn on Mother's Day. I personally felt like the Mother of All Losers while mowing the lawn on Mother's Day.

Fortunately I was done in an hour and the property no longer looked uninhabited and foreclosed when I finished. Then I got to sit outside and admire my handiwork for 20 seconds before tackling the bathrooms ....

If you believe in karma, then this Mother's Day holiday was retribution for 2009, which I spent in paradise. Gotta live with that. On the bright side, my stove went on the fritz so I may get out of cooking this week.

Best of all, I got to wish my amazing Mom a Happy Mother's Day in person. That made it all worthwhile.

Anyway, hoping all you mothers had a grand day. May your tractor never run out of gas halfway through the front lawn .....
















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