Sometimes people say things that are completely innocent, and perfectly nice, and they still upset me to no end, because I put them in context with the rest of my feelings about the whole thing. I am going to try to remain patient, and remember that this particular annoyance is almost over.

I'm such a lazy bum, I slept in this morning. Actually, I haven't been jogging in nearly a week. Its been hard to get motivated to do it lately.

I also got an estimate for someone to come in to trim all the bushes in my yard and clean out and mulch the two beds I didn't do. $500. I told the guy he must be on crack or something. Especially since the advertisement they put on my door said $35-$55 for "mow, edge, blow, weed eat, trim hedges, and clean and rake beds". I figured that the most he could charge me for my bit overgrown hedges was $100, maybe $120. Anyway, as I am completely unwilling to blow the cost of my Mexican vacation on that, I will be doing it myself.

If you have any advice on hedge trimming, please, email me!. I went and got advice from George already, but I am terrified I will end up with Charlie-Brown-Christmas-tree-pitiful hedges when I'm done.