Miami Revisited August 3, 2005

As we approach the three quarter mark of Summer being nearly over (THANK GOD!), I wanted to let you all know that the local DPW has begun encroaching upon my property laying above-ground pipes to create a new and improved water main.

I don’t quite know how this will improve my daily life on Miami Street, but I do know that each and every day going forward brings me uncertainty. Will I be able to get out of my driveway to leave for work in the morning? Will I come home to discarded Dunkin Donuts coffee cups strewn all over my lawn? Will I be able to shower when they connect my house up to the temporary water pipes? It’s all so very exciting.

Their photo-copied notice does say this whole ‘project’ will take about four weeks to finish. So today I begin the count-down. Be it known that it’s August 3rd and right now there is a bump at the end of my driveway. I will continue to document if I’m inconvenienced by my City as the days and weeks go by. I know it might not be very exciting to you, but this is the most excitement my street has seen since the O’Brien Amber Alert last year.

Stay tuned…

Grass Is A Pain In The Ass May 30, 2004

I’ve decided that mowing the grass is a pain in my ass. I don’t remember last year being this high-maintenance. I’ve mowed the lawn every week this Spring and that sucks.

Spencer says we should just salt the lawn. Kill everything. There’s a house in my neighborhood that has their entire yard filled with decorative pebbles. Sure, a few sprouts of pesky weeds can be seen poking up amongst the stones, but overall it has a nice minimalistic look that someone like me can appreciate. I hate mowing the lawn.

So today I’ve got to get out there are coax the weed-whacker to start so I can trim all the growth and then I’ll mow the lawn. It’s 10:30 in the morning so my plan is to devote 2 hours to this task with the reward of a long, hot shower.Maybe then I can come back to the computer and do some real work.