I was at least a bit productive today. I climbed under the house to fix the persistent water drip that I’ve known about for nearly two months but hadn’t successfully patched. This time I cut out the section of pipe and used a splice that I bought last week. I really don’t like the fact that this house is plumbed with polybutylene, because it’s hard to repair. Nonetheless, I fixed the leak and have one fewer thing to worry about. While I was in a productive mood, I got out the lawnmower and headed down to the street. I actually managed to get the yard near the house mowed earlier in the week, so this morning I tackled the right-of-way. I got part-way through and apparently killed another lawnmower. I’m not certain it’s dead, but I can’t keep it running. I’ll tear into it soon and see if I can make it last the rest of the summer, but I don’t have high hopes. I pulled out the string trimmer and finished the area I had started so things at least look better than they did.

In other news — I received another anonymous card this past week. If the author perhaps reads this, I just wanted to say that you are on my list of favorite people, and I hope to continue to hear from you for some time to come. The fun thing about anonymous cards is that I can pretend they are from anyone.