Start/Stop

I've been working on the sprinkler system in my yard at home the past few days. The sprinklers have been inoperable for a few years now. I had just gotten the grass to start looking nice in my yard for a year or so before the accident, but it all sort of fell apart after the big event. I’m just now getting to where I can start to repair everything and fight the weeds again. It will probably be a few years before everything looks good again with the grass on my lawn, but you’ve got to start somewhere, right?

The sprinklers needed a lot of work, and I’m just now getting things going. I fixed the major problem with the water source, but there’s an issue with a leak in the main service line and many of the sprinkler heads are in such bad shape from not being used for so long that they will require replacement. Fixing the leak in the main line isn’t rocket science, but it will take a little bit of physical effort. I started to work on things this morning, but the day is demanding too much of me right now. I might get back to it this afternoon.  

I’m really tired and sore today (can’t tell which is worse right now) because of the work done yesterday on the yard. My body just doesn’t function the way that it did before the accident. I feel that wisdom should be guiding me to take it easy on myself physically, but it’s hard to submit to that type of thinking. It’s just not that easy to say to myself, “let go”. I must admit that it becomes a little disheartening to have the will to work, but not the strength. It’s an adjustment, and I hope that I don’t wind up hurting myself in the process.