The feminine version of emasculation or why I hate mowing the lawn

I tried to mow the lawn this evening, unsuccessfully. I like mowing the lawn; I like the exercise, and I assume I would like the feeling of accomplishment. I've never gotten that feeling. Something always happens, and I have to go running to my husband or some other nearby, or in one case a not-so-nearby male. FACT: I don't know how lawnmovers work. FACT: I don't care. I just hate feeling like a dainty, little girl trying to be all grown up and failing at a simple task. It doesn't help that I usually get a condescending speech about my simple mistake that resulted in the failure of the day. He doesn't mean to be come across that way, and he probably doesn't, but that is how I interpret it.

Long story short, I get myself all worked up about something and then, "like a woman," the waterworks start to flow. This further reinforces my feelings.

At this point I feel like it almost isn't worth the headache. Then I look down at my HRM and see that I burned 560 in 90 minutes and I feel a little better. Oh, and maybe we should mow the lawn more than once a month in the middle of summer.

Blogging it...

Since this is my first post, I thought it’d only be fitting to comment on the nature of blogging itself.

 Firstly, blogging is such a weird word! Seriously though… I know that it stems from the term weblog, but even that sounds stupid. Who keeps a paper log anyways except for beavers? I always kept a diary or, when I decided to give the whole grown-up thing a try, a journal. Wouldn’t they be better called a web diary or web journal? I guess webiarying or bournaling just doesn’t have the same ring.

            Secondly, I know that most blogs have some sort of purpose and that mine may not seem apparent, but there is a goal. My goal is to hone in on just one topic at a time. Call it an exercise in focus. My mind tends to be very scatterbrained and all over the place. If I can focus in on a single topic for a little while, I’ll consider it a success. I couldn’t really care less if others read my blog. I’m using the blog format because I like the organization of it and the neatness. I’m too OCD to mar a beautiful journal with scratch-throughs and erasures.

            Ironically, I’m not a big reader of blogs. I only read one regularly: http://justice4trevor.blogspot.com/. I guess I should probably work on that, but I’m too busy playing games on Facebook or my phone. I’ve run across a couple others that I like but since I haven’t followed them I can’t remember what they were called or where they are. Any reading recommendations?