My shoulder has really been hurting by the end of the work day this week - I don't start physical therapy again until this coming Tuesday and Thursday. I was taking Advil every four hours and loading up with Extra Strength BenGay in the morning and by the end of the day, if I could cry at work, some days I would have. I didn't go to my small group Bible Study Wednesday night and missed out getting together with a couple of girlfriends Friday night. I was really bummed about Friday night because those two girlfriends go back to my days at Olmsted Elementary in Urbandale and I hadn't seen one of them since I moved to Pella in '73. We've rescheduled for next Friday night.
My mower kidlet continues to be "interesting". I had to sic his dad on him to get him around to mow since it hadn't been mowed since Tuesday after Labor Day. I got home from work Wednesday night with his dad promising my lawn would be mowed - nope. As I walked up the basement stairs I saw the kid's mower in my backyard - just sitting there. The backyard had been mowed and half of the strip by the side of the house and then something must have happened to the mower. At least the front lawn (and the rest of the strip) got mowed Thursday night.
Friday my cousin that is 9 days younger than me turned 50. I texted her before going to work and saw her reply text as I was leaving work - something to the effect that I got to turn 50 before her. Got?! She's warped but I love her anyway :)
Yesterday before I ran errands I got the leaves bagged that had accumulated in the driveway - a lawn bag full. Then I picked up a lot of small to decent-sized sticks that had fallen in the back yard Friday when we had such a windy day. Yesterday and today are gorgeous fall days and lots of the trees are turning. There is one tree at the DSM Golf and Country Club by the exit I take for work that is the most vibrant orange and yellow. I hope everyone is enjoying the weather and colors in Central Iowa.
Below are a couple of pictures of Butler with one of his toys. The first one Skunk is next to him, the second one Butler is biting Skunk. I love it when he still plays with his toys like a puppy. Sometimes when he's standing and shaking Skunk he really gets into it. There used to be times when the toy he was shaking would come loose and go flying. When that would happen, Mike and I would warn each other about "Incoming!" and duck :)
