Recently, the Trustees retired the old John Deere lawnmower and got a new (used) mower. It is a zero-turn mower. The first time I mowed a lawn was on a tractor, and I am sure that I was less than 10 years old. I have driven many different tractors and other machines as well, but never a zero-turn mower. Now, truth be told, Bonnie usually mows our lawn. She likes to ride and listen to something. And she is sparing me allergy issues. She has adapted quite quickly to the new mower. Yesterday, looking at how the weekend was shaping up, I decided to spend the afternoon knocking out the mowing. I had driven the new mower around the yard a little bit to experiment while we were mulching, but I hadn’t driven it yet to mow. There is a difference between a little spin and the precision required to mow successfully. I was sure that I would be fine. Truth be told, I was fine. But I was not great. I’m glad that Bonnie was at school and my boys weren’t around. They all would have had some chuckles. And not just in the beginning. After a while, I thought I had it down pretty well, but then something would happen, and I would have a little moment that I needed to stop, adjust, and begin again. I didn’t run over anything. But not everything was straight lines the first time! In the end, I got the job done, and it looks pretty decent, even if the way that I got there was a bit uncertain.