Post #1512348
2026-04-16 19:30 UTC
"Why do you pay someone to mow the yard, Emily? That's a lot of money you could be saving!"
"I've got allergies" I say, as I listen to my heart pound and try to ignore the headache and burning eyes from just the yard being mowed outside my window.
My lungs and heart and head and everything are protesting and I'm inside the house. It's not like the window are open either.
Just...proximity to everything that got kicked up.
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@itsmaya@social.treehouse.systems 2026-04-16 20:45
@EmilyGB2023 growing up my parents handed over all things lawn care related to me as soon a they convinced themselves it was "safe". They didn't care that I was allergic, they didn't care that no amount of reward was worth dealing with it to me. I made two resolutions. I would not do lawn care unless forced. I would not demand labor of my kids without their consent. In the time since I've also become anti- lawn in general on ecological grounds, but that's secondary.