Trip to Lowe's

Since the end of August, Andrea and I have been working our hardest to get as many projects as possible completed in our new house before we actually moved in. The house needed a lot of work (nothing structural, just cosmetic-type repairs).

The bushes outside the house were extremely overgrown and needed to be removed. I spent quite some time cutting them down and then hired a tree service to grind out all seventeen stumps. Then I began the process of planting some new, more manageable shrubs. This involved multiple trips to Lowe's.

One of the major differences between living in the Poconos and living near Philly is the temperature. September days in the Poconos are extremely comfortable and almost never muggy. The same cannot be said for this area. It was over 90 degrees and very humid for most of the days that I worked outside. (Maybe I should have timed that better).

Anyway, during one particular trip to Lowe's, I realized that one of the employees in the garden section was staring at me funny. It seemed quite odd to me. He kept staring and I was puzzled at how overt his staring seemed. I couldn't think any obvious reasons as to why he would be doing this, so I just ignored it, paid for my plants, and pushed the cart out to my van.

As I was loading the van, I realized why he was staring at me. I was so sweaty from working outside that the sweat seemed to pool on my shorts. It looked like I had surely wet my pants.

I wonder how many others saw me in that state, but were more discreet in their response.