The mower is out to get me

 Ok, let me see if I can explain this.

I was mowing under Meri's tree and it has a swing.  I reached up to grab it as I drove under it mowing. Perhaps a little too fast.

All of the sudden, I was laying on my back on the ground with my feet on the steering wheel!  Apparently the swing caught the front of the mower and flipped it straight up.  Since my butt had left the seat, the mower had turned off automatically. whew!  But still, there I was.

Bad diagram above and below.

A couple cars passed but I was still under the tree and they probably didn't notice me. What to do?!

Well, I gave the steering wheel a push with my feet and it fell with a WHOMP.

Looking back now, I'm guessing the mower would have stayed straight up and down and I could have gotten up and asked someone for help to lower it back down.

hindsight.  It CAN be helpful but not in the moment.

Now the left front tire is bent out of place and I'm not sure it will mow straight or turn corners correctly.

Meri and her boyfriend helped me attempt to bend it back into place last night but I kind of think we had the wrench in the wrong spot.  As soon as the rain lets up a little, I'll head back over and try it again.

Thanks to some neighbors at her place and mine, we were able to get the yards mowed last weekend.  However the clover is in season and the yards look yuck already.  It was bad enough when the dandelions made their presentation, but now this. uggh.

Wish me luck!