Yard work is a pain in my you know what...

So the neighbor and I made a deal a few months back when my grass got so long it reached mid-calf and he got tired of looking at it... I would let him borrow my lawn mower and he would mow my lawn. Sounds like an airtight deal to me. Well, it's kind of collapsed and I'm a little annoyed by his empty promises and false hopes. Could be a result of his crack habit, but that's beside the point... I will give him props, however, for at least mowing my front yard yesterday, and attempting to spell his name in the back yard until it ran out of gas (I'm assuming, anyway). He also left both my gates WIDE OPEN and the mower just sitting in the middle of the yard for everyone to see. Oh and all this was after he decided to kidnap my lawnmower for a week leaving me wondering if he hawked it to pay for his many addictions. Nice. Anyway, the point is, I now have to mow my own yard. Not a big fan of this arrangement. I absolutely despise yard work. That is the sole reason I have yet to buy my own house, or even live in one (one I had to take care of, anyway) until now. Well, that's not the only reason, but it has definitely been a deterring factor. So here I sit, waiting for a respectable hour to fire up the beast. Oh, and if you thought for a second that my lawn looks anywhere near as nice as the picture above, you obviously haven't been paying attention to the dripping disdain found in this post regarding any and all forms of yard work... or my lack of OCD. The yard gets mowed. That's it.
 Anyway, while I wait for the dubious bewitching hour, I've decided to restore my iphone to it's original settings. It's been acting a little funky lately, so I figured I'd give it a shot. I'm probably erasing my lifeline to the outside world, but they wouldn't give you the option to restore if it wasn't legit, right? Right?? Wrong!!! I just checked, and I lost all my contacts!! Did I not save them to my computer?!?!?! Shit... But I'm not panicking... I'm still waiting to see if my backup settings will restore my reason for existing... omg what have I done......

Restore in progress.....


Restore in progress.....


God, damn it! How long is this going to take?!?! Oh... well apparently 3 more minutes according to the itunes pop-up window...

Insert elevator music here.

The anticipation is killing me!!! Will I be sending out the annoying request for phone numbers?? Looks like resounding no... The iphone is up and running with all contacts intact. Thank you baby Jesus.

And it looks like I won't be mowing the lawn after all. My assumption of the neighbor running out of gas was fully confirmed when I went to the shed and found the gas can completely empty. I'd weed-wak if I knew where it was... but knowing myself, I probably wouldn't even then.

Hope everyone has an enjoyable holiday. I'm off to the dog park with the pup. :)