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Thursday, May 21, 2009

My Un-Zen-like Self

Our backyard used to be a horse exercise track. No, not a race track, but a place where horses could gallop around outside. Over time, the land was divided up and new houses were built on it. Depending on where on which part of the track has your house, your land is either relatively flat (bottom of the track) or just flat in front of and under your house with the back completely slanted (side of the track.) We fit into the latter category.

While I like horses, I'm no expert on exercise tracks. I know about this because everyone in our neighborhood is related except for the Pakistani neighbors behind us and us. Our next door neighbor actually grew up in our house, and the boys' old babysitter who lived two doors down before she went off to college is her great great niece.

If you're looking for a hill to roll down, come visit us! Actually if it weren't for our fence, it would be good for sledding. Not a great hill by any means, but perfect for toddlers. Balex Melliot was rumored to have once gone down the hill on her son's slide and to have run straight into the fence. IShe proved to any Doubting Thomases out there that that force = mass X acceleration.

For a long time now, we've wanted to get a swing set. In fact my parents even put down a very generous deposit on one. However, the problem has always been the land. The swing set place insisted that almost everyone has a flat patch in their yard. We were the exception unless we wanted to put it in our front yard. Like I said though, our backyard is fenced. On top of it all, we would like to move.

After considering it for many years a while, we decided that we needed to live in the moment. The fact of the matter is these are the years when the swing set will be fun. We have a deck where I can sit and use my computer (I was pleasantly surprised last year to realize that my wireless works out there) while my kids run around the back. As much as they liked running around with sticks, I didn't think that it was the best of ideas. Plus we found out that the company from which we bought our swing set will move it and reassemble it for us if we move for only a small fee. Thus, we decided to get a swing set. For those of you who know me in real life, I will give you a minute to take in the fact that the years of hearing me agonize about this decision are over.

Last week the landscapers came and dug a huge mud patch box area in our backyard. The plan was all coordinated. First the landscapers, then the swing set today, followed by mulch next week from the landscapers. I was on top of things! I scheduled the delivery on a day when I was hosting playgroup so I would be here and could ask one of my friends in the playgroup to stay later so I could go pick up OS from preschool without worrying about missing the delivery crew; if you're not there, they won't deliver it. Oms were practically coming out of every pore. I was calm and zen-like and living for today.

Yesterday I received a call from the company saying that they actually would be here from 8-10. Perfect! I wouldn't need my friend to stay after playgroup. However, I failed to realize that meant I needed someone at the house while I dropped OS off at preschool. Zen went out the window, but I fortunately didn't have a major freakout or anything. My neighbor said that he would keep an eye out for the truck.

I asked his wife to tell them to put the swing set in the large mud patch in the back. I then asked her if she had seen it.

Her reply..."Yes, I know what you are talking about. I told Richard that either you were putting in a garden or having a swing set delivered. Knowing how you two are about gardening and yard work, we knew it must be a swing set."

A. Elliot's Lesson Learned: Children love swing sets.

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