Last Monday I had decided that, since it wasn’t going to rain, I would do extensive yard work. On Monday I mowed and did some random yard work.

I was tired, but not too terribly. Tuesday I when I edged around and weeded the flower bed. I did that with my garden weasel and the weed digger hand held.

Again, I was tired and sore, but nothing too bad. Wednesday is when I washed the outside of the house and according to my fitbit, I spent like 2.3 hours in my fitness zone. Thursday is when I messed up. It was HOT outside. Like fry and egg on the sidewalk hot. I had wanted to get all of the Johnson Grass from around the backside of the house. Johnson Grass is a bitch to dig up because you have to dig down deep to get those darn bulbs out or else it will grow back. I thought I was taking enough breaks. Donny even came out and told me to just finish it later. I only had 1/3 left and being super stubborn and needing to always finish what I start, I just kept going.

The grass was about a foot high and several inches deep when I started and I ended up filling 2 of the paper lawn bags. Then I told Donny that I needed to mow the yard. Clearly I was delusional at that moment and I must have looked really bad because he told me to go inside and rest. Turns out that I used my hand WAY to much and we think I might have permanent nerve damage. I was in so much pain from my shoulder down that I literally stayed in bed on a heating pad.

Bailey liked the heating pad also.

We were planning on going to the balloon festival that Friday, but Donny had mowed the yard and gotten a heat headache that was really bad.

I did appreciate him mowing the yard though.

Saturday I was still having issues with my arm and hand, but we had tickets to the festival and I’m really glad we went even though it was SO hot.

The balloon glow is my favorite part. The balloons light up to music.

This year there was a drone show that was amazing.

We grabbed sno cones and finished up the night with the Mark Wills concert that was so good.

It was a good family outing.

I don’t know why we all have weird shadows on our faces, but oh well.

As of today, I still don’t have feeling in 3 of my fingers. My had is super sensitive and I randomly get stingers. Donny got me what I used to call an air cast because it used to have a little air pillow, but now it’s just a foam piece. I’m hoping that will help.

This injury is not going to stop me from doing yard work, just not as strenuously as I have been. This has not been a fun week.