Nine Feet Underground

Yesterday I'd thought I'd spend all of today relaxing, however that was an optimistic notion. It's a dry day and the grass needs cutting, front and back, so I'm going to have to do that first.  In the end, cutting the grass expanded into additional garden jobs that needed doing, as it inevitably does. Before I could even cut the grass, though, I discovered I had to replace the blade on the mower: last time I cut the grass the blade hit something (can't remember what) when I tried to cut too close to the edge of the grass. I had already bought a replacement blade, just never got around to replacing it. Amongst these activities I found time to read the Sunday papers and go for a couple of walks, so where there was some chilling, just not as much as I'd planned. I've also been trying to chivvy sons 1 and 3 along given they're both going to university next weekend and, without a shadow of a doubt, there will be something they'll have forgotten but will n...