That Time of Year

It was not a total surprise to Bob when calls for lawn mower and chain saw repair began to flood in. After all, it is that time of year when folks want to mow their lawns and, whoops, the darn thing won't start!

Some are riding lawn mowers so Bob patiently hitches up his trailer and picks them up and returns them when finished. In the midst of the calls for Mr. Fixit, our car needed repair and he spent several days on that. So far he has managed to keep up with most work, unless he has to order parts from parts far flung. Those bikes and mowers are waiting for parts to arrive.

Now the best part of this whole past few weeks of desperate calls for service, our lawn sits un-mowed and getting longer by the day. That's just like Bob to tend to customers first. I remember when we were house hunting and the realtor would tell us that a house for sale had been owned by an electrician or a plumber, etc. In no time we discovered that the houses needing the most electrical work were for sale by an electrician and the ones with the worst plumbing were for sale by plumbers.

I remember the old story about the shoemaker. His children went barefoot while he mended shoes for clients. So much for getting our lawn mowed any time soon.