Monday, May 25, 2009
How your mind goes, AKA Why You Get Nothing Done All Day
As I sit studying for one of the hardest tests I've ever had to take, I hear the dryer buzzer go off. I walk in to remove the dry clothes and notice that the laundry basket is by the back door, where I was previously hanging other clothes to dry. As I walk over to pick up the basket to empty the dryer, I look out the back door and notice that the sun has moved and my sun tea container is now.... in the shade. I walk outside and move the sun tea container to the sun. And as I walk back to the door to get the laundry basket to empty the dryer, I notice that the hole I had set my gopher trap in was full of fresh dirt. CURSES! He'd filled up the whole with dirt and most likely completely avoided my trap, even though I had dug a hole the size of a basketball in order to set the trap and catch him. I pulled on the trap and the ease with which it was coming out confirmed that my trap was indeed empty. Imagine my surprise when the end of the trap finally emerged and there, killed not too long before, was the gopher that had eaten my tomato plant, pulling it down down down to the depths and leaving nothing but a tiny bit of green leaves popping out of the earth to remind me of what I had so lovingly planted there just the day before. Oh JOY! Another gopher dead! Whoopee! (I love this feeling!) Now I had to mush down the gopher tunnels which were threatening to collapse and swallow me into "the place below the yard" and then fill in the pit with dirt from around the yard. I was amazed by how many shovel fulls it took to actually fill that in. Once done, I watered the area well so as to be able to tell tomorrow if any of the dirt is new dirt pushed up by yet another gopher. Afterwards, I headed back into the house to wash my hands before remembering that I was supposed to get the laundry basket, empty the dryer and fold the clothes. Then I had to sit down and write this all up so I can remember later why it took me 20 minutes to empty the dryer!
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