Things I See: March 2009

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Today has been...

interesting. Woke up at 7am for a math contest (10 extra credit points for attending). When I got there I discovered that I needed to participate, not just watch other people do math. Fuck. I am not at my most intelligent at 8am. So I take the damn test, get a Chai Latte from Starbucks, and head back home. My Grandpa tells me I woke up too early and need to take a nap. Why would I complain? So I nap. My Grandpa is listening to the radio, so I sneak outside to start working on fixing the fence before he can "help" me. I get halfway done. Then he shows up. Fuck. Finally I convince him to do something else. He is 83 years old and does not need to stand on a ladder and swing a hammer. I finish up the fence, and go to find him. He is raking up some leaves. Cool-- not too hard for him to do. I dump the leaves into the yard waste bin, and while I do so, he disappears. Fuck. He reappears with a chain saw. Double fuck. He wants to cut up branches so we can throw them away. Triple fuck. Luckily I convince him it is too hot and we should go inside. And now I am dreading tomorrow because he will want to use the chain saw. How do I tell him "no" without telling him "no"? And the damn thing is too loud for me to use without him noticing. Fuck.