Today I mowed our house’s lawn. I remembered for the first time in ten years what it’s like, for example, to section off the yard into segments for mowing. I had a hard time remembering how to start the mower (besides pulling the starter you have to put the engine in “fast” mode and make sure the mower is pointed downhill). I was paranoid about carrying the gas can in the car.
Plus, it’s almost embarassing to be mowing the yard right now, because everything’s about dead because it hasn’t really rained. I mowed because we have a few more resilient patches of grass that were about twice as long as the rest of the grass.