Tonight, I'll skip the Viagra

Today I am a man.

Last winter we had a late cold snap that killed one of our Redbuds in the front yard. Today, after removing the festive lights, I started hacking it down with a 20' tree trimmer. After about 2 hours of agonizing labor, I had taken off about a couple twigs. Then, a kind neighbor came to my rescue. He offered me some help. He had a great deal of experience with cutting down trees and took down that sucker in about 5 minutes.

Then, he handed over the gift from the gods. The Poulan Pro 250 chainsaw. He gave me a brief tutorial and sent me on my way to shred the remains of our tree. After putting on my eye and ear protection, I hacked through the limbs like they were butter. I think my testosterone plasma level tripled after the first rev of the throaty engine. I dragged the shredded remains to the side of my home and soon I'll rent one of these babies to cut it all up into firewood.

It was an amazing day.