Act your age! No!

I had quite a laugh today. Got to Richard's place, and surprised him because I don't think he was expecting me to show up since I'd forgotten to call him yesterday and tell him I'd be coming along. Read through a plan he's come up with, which was a plan to build some garden furniture and sell it, and hopefully it'll raise some of the money needed for the project.

Left there and went to the farmland to let his 2 dogs have a run around the place for a bit...where he said "If you have any ideas, please share them.", so I told him all about this joke sprinkler idea I came up with when I was talking to my baby yesterday. He seemed to think it would be a good idea, although a little naughty. Some parents probably wouldn't be too happy about it.

We then had to leave the farmland to weed some old lady's back garden for about an hour or two, then left again for the farmland and sat around for a bit having lunch. Went back to the old lady's place again to continue the weeding, and as it was getting toward the end of the day, Richard and Darren decided to have a mud fight...totally covering each other in mud. I just stood back and watched, laughing.

It was great listening to him explaining to parents why he was covered in mud. It definitely shows that Richard is one of those older guys who is not afraid to act immaturely, which is always great. People like Mom's boyfriend are just a pain to deal with. You get lecture after lecture about how childish you're acting and all. I'm so fucking tired of listening to it.

On the way home, Richard had asked me if I was claiming benefit money. I told him I wasn't, but keep getting told by Sean and Mom to claim unemployment, which I don't want. He actually understands why I wouldn't want to claim that. Go on to claim that, and you're forced into doing shit you don't want to do. I'm glad to see that someone older than me actually understands the reason WHY I don't wanna claim it. I don't want the hassle of the shit that comes with it...especially since last time resulted in the crash which left me with the fucking problems I have now.

Why aren't there more older people who fucking understand why someone like me would NOT wanna claim unemployment? The money would be useful, but it's not worth all the hassle that comes with it. Not at all.

I took some pictures of the farmland this project is taking place on, and I figured it would be good to take more pictures as the project progresses, showing how it does from a completely overgrown mess into something great. I'll upload those later on.