I Just Hate the Prep Work!

OK, so I made the announcement that the ground was going to be broken last Thursday, and I explained my the reason it didn't get done Thursday because of The Farmer Girl Day.
Friday morning I wake up and think this is the day. I will get everything ready to break ground. It was absolutely beautiful, my youngest was home from school and life was wonderful.
My Granddad called and he was getting a ride into town from a friend and he wanted me to take care of some business for him. During the time he and his friend were here I had three visitors, and we spent the morning chatting. He left to go to the store, and I called his prescriptions in for him so that he could get them while he was in town and I could sort them into the S,M,T,W,TH,F, &S Box for him. He only has one eye he lost it while working on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. He was an Iron Worker, and it was shot out by a hot rivet from a rivet gun. He lost it when he was about 35 and continued working Iron. He built many of the bridges in the North and South East.
It is amazing what he has done with one eye.
A few years ago I poked myself in the eye and had to wear an eye patch for a few days. I thought of him constantly. Do you know how hard it is to do everything with just one eye?
Incredible! Now he has Macular (I think that's the right spelling) Degeneration in his remaining eye and he is having trouble seeing just about every thing. It is so sad. He gets so frustrated at his inabilities, he wants to do so much and is just not able to do it anymore. Yet, he never gives up, he is an inspiration to me on so many levels and I look to him for guidance on so many things. His wisdom runs deep, 94 years of life creates a lot of experience.
So anyway, after he left around 1pm my friend and neighbor came over and we chatted a bit and talked about the garden plans then she invited me over to have some ice tea at her house.
When I got there she was busy planting a raised bed in her back yard. A friend of hers had given her a 'Salsa Garden' for a gift for her birthday, and her kids had given her a bag planter for strawberry plants. So her daughter and her friend and I planted the strawberry bag, and hung it up. If it works it will be very cool. Then she and I planted the Salsa Garden. By the time we were finished we retired to the back porch and other neighbors began straggling over talking about it being 5 o'clock.
Well we all know what that means. Everyone procured their beverage of choice and we spent the rest of the evening talking and playing games, sharing a pizza and the children ran and played like it was summer.
It was a beautiful evening, and was enjoyed by all.
Which leads me to Saturday...it rained!
But today oh today was glorious.
I accomplished soooo much!
I rearranged everything I needed to move (fencing, outdoor furniture, rocks, railroad ties)
I also cut the lawn and in my minds eye planned exactly how the garden will look.
I'm quite proud of my accomplishments of the day, but I can't tell you how much I hate doing the preparation work before a project can really be started.
Tomorrow is supposed to be wonderful, and when 'Himself' gets home he said he would be over and we could till the designated area's. Once that is done we can commence planting!
I will take pictures tomorrow to show my progress. That is if I can lift my arms to head to actually hold the camera up. I used muscles today that I had forgotten I had.