Yesterday was not a good day--trouble with one drill and then both sprayers broke down. The part needed for one of them was not available within 100 miles. R was sent to Kenmare, North Dakota which is about 200 miles away to get the part. He was probably happy to have a few hours to himself after having his dad, his uncle and his brother all telling him what to do every day.
The first thing I did this morning was make a batch of oatmeal raisin cookies. M was saying last night that his mom was being stingy with the cookies which made me think she was getting tired of baking so I took 4 dozen over to put in her freezer so she could mix it up a little. Then I delivered lunch to J who was about 5 miles and 3 gates away on a trail through hilly pastureland. He wasn't at the most remote piece of land we own, but it's pretty remote. No sign of civilization that you can see from there. The trail to get there has gotten pretty rough over the years so it's not a quick trip.
We had howling winds during the night and expected that today also, but it was pretty nice when I delivered lunch. I was hoping to get a walk in but had to haul some garbage to town and get fuel for the pickup. By the time I got back the wind had come up again and then later we had rain showers. The rain gave me hope that supper could be earlier tonight, but it didn't last long and it's 9:30 and M's not home for supper yet.
Twice now I thought I was done for the day and got called out again. First I had to give R a ride to move J's pickup and a truck, then later had to give J a ride to his pickup when plans changed.
Things are not going too smoothly right now, and I am always the sounding board. I wish I could give that job to someone else.
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