Me, etc.

If you would have told me five years ago I'd be thrilled to be buying a lawn tractor - I would have told you that you were nuts - but here I am, thrilled to have purchased a lawn tractor! I'm as excited as if I just bought a new car or something.

I love working out in the yard and have never minded the mowing but I have a very big back yard and no one around to help me with the chores. I'm not one to pay someone to do something that I can do myself. Right now, my yard takes me two days to mow because I do the front lawn one day and the back yard another day - simply because of the size of my yard - it's a lot of work for me to tackle each week when you figure the edging, etc that goes along with it. So, now I will be able to get up during my lunch hour and go mow!!!

Tonight is week #7 of the #10 week class on "A New Earth". I feel I've learned so much about myself - and how to be in this world. It has brought me peace in a lot of respects and, I consider it 'life changing' material. I've noticed a definite 'shift' in my thought processes and they way I look at people and events. I'm so non reactive about things which would have caused me so much stress in the past and I find so much joy in the smallest things.

Today was a 'great' day for me because I found some bricks I had wanted, was able to secure a lawn tractor, the folks at Target provided me w/great customer service today, and a potentially complicated issue with my flexible spending account was easily resolved over the phone in about 60 seconds!

I actually had to go into the Sears store today to make the tractor purchase because I had a problem with the online purchase. For some reason, the transaction would not go through. Later in the day, I noticed on the receipt that they had rang it up for the 46" instead of the 42" that I wanted. The closeout price for both was the same so it was a mistake anyone could have made. Sooooo, I had to drive all the way back to the store to cancel the order and place a new order for the 42". While I was in the store the second time I noticed a model for $200 less than the closeout model I had originally wanted. Everything happens for a reason. The first time I was sent into the store, I didn't notice the cheaper one so had to be sent back a second time. It's so exciting the way things work out.

The son is doing fine. Seems to have changed quite a bit since the shooting incident last November. Who wouldn't be changed? I just hope the changes continue to be positive. I worry about PTSD. My daughter announced she was separating from her husband and is moving into an apartment with the two kids later this month. I was sorry to hear it but happy she has the courage to strike out on her own.

Anyway...time for class. Love to all.