Not Out Of The Woods Yet

This past weekend, I had an opportunity to help my brother cut down a few trees. We spent most of the day on Saturday cutting, de-limbing, and cleaning up the mess—well, part of the mess, there’s still more to do. And more trees to cut.

I used to do things like this quite frequently and with no lasting effects. My dad and I used to spend a lot of days cutting and hauling wood—and most of the time, due to fire restrictions we couldn’t even use a chainsaw. Never seemed to bother me. But that was before I’d spent nearly a quarter of a century driving a truck. Truck driving, while somewhat stressful at times, can’t really be considered work. Not manual labor type work anyway. Needless to say—but as always, I’m going to say it anyway—I’m a little out of shape when it comes to actual work.

But, I’m too stubborn to let that get in the way. It just isn’t in my nature to NOT do something. Besides, I couldn’t very well let my brother do all the work. I guess I could, but that would kind of defeat the purpose of going to help him.

So after a long day of real work, when I arrived home, my wife asked me how my day went. I was ready with an answer. “This stuff was a lot easier in my twenties.”

She laughed and agreed that it probably was. She was nice though, and didn’t say that perhaps if I did this kind of work more often it wouldn’t be so hard on me. Although when I mentioned it, she seemed to agree with that also. And that’s why next Saturday, I’ll probably be going back for more punishment—or, work as it’s also known. ~

Bruce A. Borders is the author of more than a dozen books, including: Inside Room 913, Over My Dead Body, The Journey, Miscarriage Of Justice, The Lana Denae Mysteries, and The Wynn Garrett Series. Available in ebook at www.amazon.com/Bruce-A.-Borders/e/B006SOLWQS and paperback on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Books-a-Million.