sometimes life it gives you surprise part two

so tonight, after mishi and i had finished watching the sopranos, i headed to the shop and grabbed my mower and such and headed over to bruna's place. i also had recently gotten in contact with laurie - who lives next door to bruna, and was, once again, going to start cutting his lawn as well. after i had finished cutting bruna's lawn she came out asked if i had spoken to her son - he had been the one to ask me to keep cutting her lawn after her stroke. she said she didn't want me to cut her lawn anymore since i had given her the bill last wek and there had been a price increase. ok. background.
when i first started cutting bruna's lawn two seasons ago, this being season three, i did it for $15.00 a cut. really. not making any real money on it but just wanting to help out, and i was there doing laurie's lawn anyways. this year i decided i needed to up it to $25.00 after the two years at $15.00. gas costs have increased, etc. i cut it four times, and never saw bruna, except once when she was with her home nurse, so i never mentioned the increase - my fault. then i left a bill for four cuts and now she's kinda freakin' about the cost. oh well. my fault. so now it's back to just doing laurie's lawn and not doing hers. i'm sure she'll come out and try and get me to cut it but i am now less willing to cut lawns just because i feel for someone....no more mr. nice lawncutter guy.
sure, all the lawns i do aren't for cash, but some are for bater and for things i want or need. i don't think, god bless her, bruna has anything i need - unless she's gonna start making me some of her fine italian cooking.

good bye bruna.

i also decided to night that 'i've seen the saucers' by elton john may be one of my favorite songs of all time. i'm admitting it right here and now. i remember once listening to it over and over as rachel and i cruised through the florida keys on our way to key west, stopping in key largo just after it got dark to get a hotel on the water. pretty cool.

that's my story and i'm sticking to it.

more lawns tomorrow.

g. xo