First, the bad news. I did not win the $590 million PowerBall drawing last night. I blame it on my wife, to whom I gave both two dollars (courtesy of the Nielsen folks) and fairly simple instructions: buy a winning ticket. Not only did we not win, we didn’t even get one number (I was hoping there was a prize for getting nothing right, but I guess that’s some other game, like Keno or something). I’m very sad about this, as I really don’t want to go to work anymore. Oh well.

Other than the crushing disappointment of being a lottery loser, yesterday was a fairly productive day, as I accomplished all of my weekend goals (though, to be fair, I typically set my sights pretty low). I did a bunch of weed whacking (had to order a second battery for the new weed whacker, as I only get about a half hour of whacking time before I need to recharge (and, at my age, it takes me way more than 30 minutes to whack), mounted my new bench grinder on my bench, and got the grass cut. As if that wasn’t enough, we even set up the new 10′ x 20′ canopy that my wife bought on the pool deck.

This leaves me with little left to do today, other than admire the persistence of the dandelions who were all cut down yesterday but are miraculously back up already. Oh, I did my weekly shopping tis morning, and I need to do some laundry, but that’s about all I have planned (unless I’m somehow attacked by a fit of ambition or something. I really should rest my foot anyway.