I’m getting a crash course (well, hopefully not an actual crash) in running a small business. Starting Motorpool this year has been the most exciting time of my life–a very rewarding endeavor. Yet it’s also a giant pile of work. I’m the accountant, the strategist, the head of sales, the marketing VP, and the janitor. So 18-hour days are the norm. Driving three or more hours from town to town is almost relaxing by comparison.

Motorpool's worldwide headquarters. We'll put this shack in the lobby someday.

While I’m out here on the road, however, I’m neglecting Mrs. Murphy and our dog Gilbert. I’m also neglecting: cutting the lawn, paying the bills, and maintaining the house. In addition, Murphy’s Law would dictate that the air conditioning would go haywire while I’m away, Mrs. Murphy’s 1990 Cadillac Brougham d’Elegance would eat an alternator, and it would rain nonstop in Birmingham so that the weeds are knee-high. And that’s just this week.

The fellas cut 12,000 square feet of Alabama grass, normally the CEO's job.

Fortunately, I have a fabulous family. Amy’s brother Eric and his strapping teenage son, Stephen, visited the house yesterday and hacked back the rainforest that grew up on my lawn. Amy reports that it took hours and that the lawn looks stupendous. They mowed, weed-whacked, edged and trimmed. What a relief to know I won’t have to convert the Brougham to a 4×4 to get up the driveway. Thanks, guys.

My brother-in-law, Eric Campbell, helping me with the Brougham's engine removal.

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