I mowed the lawn yesterday. Another thing that makes me different than the other girls...I recently discovered that I really dig mowing the lawn. I even made arrangements with Jeff to trade litter box duty for lawn-mowing. But then I had the allergy skin test. Turns out I'm allegic to all grasses and pollens in the Florida Gulf Coast region. The areas on my back where they tested me for those particular allergens raised up to the size of quarters and remained visible for about a week. When I tried to tell Dr. Garcia that I had just become enamored of lawn-mowing, he frowned and said, "This is not something for you to be doing."

People who know me will know that this is not the first time I've ignored the advice/orders of doctors. Lawn mowing is a Zen experience, if Zen means not really thinking or worrying about anything more than not running over the mower cord (got an electric model, much easier to start). It's also good exercise. Exercise at a gym just seems so pointless, there's no immediate results. Lawn-mowing, on the other hand, leaves you with a nicely trimmed lawn that won't earn you an embarrassing citation from the county. The only negative experience I had while mowing yesterday was I think a bird or squirrel may have tinkled on me.