Pete and Kelli’s social distance day 47
2nd May 2020
We had a bit of a trek driving to Grand Haven, then on to Allandale, and finishing in Muskegon. Dropping off the bookcase was no problem, and the collection of the TV cabinet was easy too as it had wheels, so no staining of the greens on that one.
The Muskegon leg was a bit more dodgy. We ended up on a trailer park, which can be good, some of the mobile homes look well kept, and there are others that aren’t. This happened to be one of those. We were picking up a pair of side tables, so we tried to do this as quick as possible as the seller was not particularly good at social distancing and kept mentioning that he had artwork that I might be interested in. As I slid back into the truck I explained that it was only furniture we were there for, and Kelli hit the accelerator. We bathed ourselves in hand sanitiser as we do out of habit now and took the highway back to Holland.
We now have a shortage of room in the garage, so when we got back we cleaned out the shed and managed to get a few pieces of furniture stacked, including those side tables.
Our thinking was after a few weeks anything that might be alive on them would be dead.
As the lawn mower was out I thought it would be a good idea to cut the grass. I set off on a leisurely pace trimming the grass that Kelli had cut the week before. Then I came to the areas where she had adjusted the height, which was much taller than what I wanted the grass to be.
The pace slowed considerably when I entered this part of the garden. I wanted it to be a common height so I had to take a run at it. I was like a long jumper preparing to launch himself into the air. I hit the patch, grass cutting we’re going everywhere. I hit the fence and gasped for air. “This bloody lawnmower will be the death of me” I thought. Kelli would find my lifeless body covered in sweat and grass and think “maybe we should have got that rechargeable one instead”.
Another Lifetime to go 