I try to cut the grass during the week, to free up Saturday, and Tuesday made a week since I last cut the yard, but we had something going on Tuesday.

No problem, being the planner that I am, I figured I would just do it Monday. No dice.

Oh well, then I will do it Wednesday, but then we got an invite for dinner. I’m not turning down hamburgers, hotdogs and swimming.

That left yesterday. No problem. I’ll mow it right when I get home, but then Jen called and said some friends of ours who moved away were in town and a bunch of people were meeting for dinner to see them.

As a result the grass was in desperate need of cutting and there was the very real possibility of losing a child in the jungle.

What to do?

I decided to cut the grass after we got home from dinner.

I started the backyard at 7:45 and finished by 8:30. It was getting darker, but I figured I had enough light, so I started the side yard. The last few passes it was hard to see the line, but then I moved to the front yard.

It was easier in the front because of the streetlights and lack of trees. My front yard has three sections which I mow separately. Yeah, I know, I spend way to much time figuring out the most efficient pattern to follow when cutting grass. Anyway, there is the front yard that attaches to the side yard, there is the front section and finally, there is the small section beside the carport. By the time I finished the first two sections, it was dark, but my neighbor had her outside light on, so I pressed on to the last section.

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The last 10 minutes were spent mowing and re-mowing the same sections as I could hardly see my lines.

In the end, I staggered into the house at 9:30, just as the full moon was rising above the trees, tired but happy the yard was cut.

As info, I use a self propelled push mower to cut my yard. So no, I didn’t have headlights. I did think about duct taping a flashlight to the mower, but ruled it out because it would take to long and I would lose precious daylight.

Also, I use 6 differnt mowing zones for my backyard. Honestly, I need help.