The Essentials

Well, here it is, Sunday.  I don't have to work.  However the temp is supposed to hit 98 (F).  At 0715 I'm still working up my 'to do' list.  I was going to take My Syn out on the road, but now that might not happen.  There are just too many things to do.  Priorities are essential.  Like grocery shopping (buying the big bags of dog food).
Today also happens to be my Mom's 85th birthday.  That adds another essential onto my list which will chew up about 2 hours of time. 
By the time I'm ready to hit the road the temp will be too hot, so I'll no doubt end up with a trainer ride late in the afternoon.
I bought a Greenworks 40V cordless lawn mower, which was delivered on Friday.  I started putting the thing together Friday evening, after I got home from work and discovered the 'hand bolts & nuts' were missing.  So I called their customer service - they were closed.  These bolts are essential.  They connect the top part of the handle to the bottom handle & without them the mower is useless.  To add to the aggravation, their customer service hours match, almost exactly, to my work hours.  So, I called them yesterday while at work only to discover that the serial number I'd written down was not the one I needed.  As a result, I had to send them an email with the correct number.  They won't get that email until tomorrow.  I let them know that I was very disappointed.

No bolts - the Essential failure

And I also have to say that halfway through the year and so far my Warwick Rowers calendar has been.... disappointing.  In the past, the photographs have been both creative and cute in the ways these men hid their essentials.  Not so much this year, with the rowers lounging on rocks, or standing on a pier, or on a beach, with any hints of their privates airbrushed away.  This year is definitely lacking inspiration.