They always say, "Things come in threes"...

Today I attempted to mow the Kappa Delta yard on Union University's campus. Now some of you may know that in the past I have had "bad luck" mowing this yard...so why would today be any different? Instead of push mowing this beast of a yard (like I usually do) I thought I would borrow my Aunt and Uncle's riding lawn mower to ease the load. It took me a while to get it all loaded up, but soon enough I was on my way to Union. There, I got the lawn mower off the hitch and started...well...to mow! Everything was going great...until I had to move a branch. I got off the lawn mower, moved a few branches out of the way, and got back on. I forgot to take the lawn mower out of park before I put the blades back down...which led to me killing the engine. I called my Uncle Randy and he told me to try jumping it off (which I did) and after a while I was back in business. I finished the line I was mowing and turned to start the next line...when I hit the incline. Now, this sorority house is built on a slope/hill and at one point the slope is steep. The lawn mower tryed pulling a "Little Engine That Could" and it almost made it up...until it got stuck. So, I went in reverse, put the blades back down...but the blades wouldn't move. I turned the engine off, crawled underneath a little to find out what was wrong and decided just to go back to the house. I brought it back and my Uncle determined the belt that rotates the blades slipped off. After much trying, we got the belt back on and I thought, "Ok...I'll try this for the third time." I got back out there, started mowing, and all the sudden...SNAP!...the blade belt snapped. So the lawn continues to be the "Lawn from 'Heck'" and tomorrow I think I will go out and try to get it with the push mower. I just feel bad for snapping that belt on my Aunt and Uncle's lawn mower though :/