April 15

I spent two and a half hours in the yard today, trying to clean it up a little. I cut back allllll of those dead bougainvillea branches and got scratched about two dozen times, but it looks a lot healthier now. Then I pruned my roses and weeded the garden, and to my great surprise, found three heather plants blooming underneath all the weeds! Tomorrow I am planning to round up all the trash and broken furniture around the yard, pull up weeds in the kids’ play area, trim back the hydrangea, and get the shrimp plant under control. Then, if I can still move, I’ll try to work on the front garden. And then I will clean the gutters, especially the small tree that is growing in them above the garage. And THEN, if I have any money, I’ll replace the broken swings, buy a shit-ton of mulch, buy some flowers for the garden, and maybe even get some patio furniture and an umbrella so I can sit outside with a beer and the baseball game and actually enjoy the yard. And by then it’ll be time to start all over again.