I misjudged the day

It started out humid and it stayed humid. I didn’t realize the temperature would climb to 86 however and decided to sneak in some mowing. Do you know that pushing even a light-weight electric mower in 86 degrees can be really sapping when the humidity is really high as far as Indiana is concerned. It was like mowing in a greenhouse, but I kept thinking it was cooler and I was only feeling really hot because it was so humid.

I was almost done when I realized my muscles were extremely tired, but I thought, Hey, you can finish this because the pleasure of only having a wee bit left will give you a second wind. Had I thought about it, I would have realized I wasn’t winded, but weak. I rested for a while and then finished and dragged the mower to the garage. And then I drank and sweated and sweated and drank some more.

I think I learned a lesson. Gator-Ade is my friend and I am not as young as I used to be. I also learned that sweated through clothing can be quite cold when you go into air-conditioning.

Maybe I should look into keeping sheep on the yard – with a goat to eat the trash people throw from the sidewalk.