Tomorrow, the S.O and I are leaving for an extended weekend in Pensacola, "The birthplace of Naval Aviation". A good friend of ours from Japan is moving there and we are going down to see them while they house hunt.
AND, play golf at the NAS Pensacola Golf Course. 27 of the finest holes in US Navy golf reside there-I’m not missing it. ( God and the rain clouds willing).
However, that presented a problem. Despite my best efforts to avoid it, the grass for our yard has come in very well this year. I had the yard seeded in the spring and I’ve put Turf Builder on it twice since then. Its come in very green and it grows a lot during this period of the summer thanks to the afternoon thunderstorms here in Shopping Mall. So I came home from work and told the S.O I was going to cut the grass…..so it would not be a jungle when we get back.
Now mind you, yard work is a new thing for the S,O. And being the deranged serious person that she is- when it comes to cleaning-the thought of grass clippings anywhere but in the bag, drives her up the wall.
Which is why I had to go out and buy a very high end leaf blower a few weeks ago-which set me back 95 dollars. I was not happy. Blowing the grass off the driveway is total and complete bullshit if you ask me-let the rains take it away.
Not the S.O though.
SO. When I finished bagging the grass, and getting to the curb, I started to walk back to the garage door entrance to the house.
"Tomatte!" ( stop). "Just a minute".
"What?"
" I need to blow you first"
"WHOO HOO!!!" Months and months of begging have finally paid off! "Sure honey, you can blow me. But don’t you think we should go inside for that? "
*********Long pause while S.O.’s brain churns, translating rather dirty, snide comment from English to Japanese************************
"Baka da na!" ( Literally, you stupid person).
It’s all about context.
Which is why I’m sitting here typing instead of smoking a self satisfied cigarette.
But my pants had no grass on them when I came into the house…..not quite the same though…..
Thanks for the laugh 🙂
LOLz, I love those moments with the wife. It reminds her that she did after all marry a Squid.
On a side note – a good self-mulching lawnmower not only gives you a healthier yard, it cuts down on the fertilizer use and saves time otherwise spent bagging.
The grass.
Bagging the grass clippings …. 😉
– SJS