Us Vs. Them...

Yesterday, after taking one of the cats to the vet for her booster shots, I went over to my parents' place to help my mother trim back the rose bushes in the front of their house.

It was an adventure. To begin with, the endeavor involved ripping out lots of grass to find the rosebushes themselves...

Two and a half hours later, though, the task was complete. By the time I got home, I was aching all over. Wearing gloves and being careful mean that my hands and arms only look like I got in a fight with one cat, not a dozen, but I can still feel where I got stuck by the rose prickles. Good thing I did it yesterday instead of today; my hands will need the extra recovery time before going in to work....