RIP My Lawnmower

It is supposed to rain today (depending on where you look, of course) and I had made a plan to head out this afternoon and see about getting some yard work done.

Namely, my yard needs to be mown. It's a process that I actually like doing, even with all of the obstacles that happen to be in the way. It's one of the few moments during the week that I just kind of get to chill out and not really have to think too much about anything in general. I put some kind of music on (usually nerdcore these days, seeing as I'm - you know - a nerd) and just zone the hell out and play dodge the dog bombs.

Now, we've had the same lawnmower for about ten years. It's a Snapper battery powered department store special that we bought the first Summer we lived here. It's been a shockingly decent machine and has lasted longer that I ever would have expected it to.

It lasted up until today. I quite literally ran the wheels off the thing.

Sure, I could maybe replace all the bearings and fix the wheels. But the batteries still need to be replaced and I never actually got around to picking up some extras way, way, back when we still could. They no longer make them any more, of course. So, yeah, gonna have to get another one.

The only thing now is I have no clue when I'll be able to mow again. Hopefully the rain can hold out until that happens, but I'm not gonna hold my breath.