The past two days have been eventful and exhausting. Yesterday I left the house at 7 am and got home for the night at 6 pm. The place where J was seeding got dumped on with almost an inch of rain in 45 minutes the night before so the first thing we had to do was get his drill and trucks moved out of there back to home where it had only sprinkled. J, C, uncle and I headed over, 25+ miles west, to move things back. However, the seed truck got stuck in the field there and is still there since it rained again last night. That was complication number one for the day. We also had to move the sprayer and water truck out of there. I flagged J back home where he discovered a flat tire on the drill so had to run to Richland to get it fixed--complication number two. In the meantime, M was seeding north and east of here and blew a hydraulic hose so had to run to town and get that fixed--complication number three. R brought a fertilizer truck to the next spot J would be moving to and I met him there to give him a ride to his next assignment. As I drove by the sprayer, I noticed C was working on it since it had no pressure--complication number 4. I took R back to his place to get another fertilizer truck. L had lunch at the field when we got back. We were still short a seed truck so M filled his drill and his dad brought the truck to town where R filled it and took it to J. I think at that point, I got to be home for about an hour. Then later we had to go to the field where M was to get a truck and two pickups since he was finishing up and was going to move to where J was. As we headed up there it started to rain and it rained hard, so there was then a mad scramble to get the three fertilizer trucks to shelter. I think everyone was glad the day was over.
First thing this morning, since it was wet, we went to R's and moved cow-calf pairs from the little pasture by his house to their summer pasture. While we were doing that, J moved M's tractor and drill since the rain kept him from getting it moved the whole way last night. C was trying to get the water truck to the sprayer but got stuck and had to leave it so we came and picked him up on our way home as well as J when he got the tractor and drill moved over. When we got back, L had burgers ready for us so we ate and made a plan for the rest of the day. I went to town and brought a fertilizer truck to my house until they needed me to bring it over to the field. They finally got started seeding about 2 pm. It was still a bit wet but they went anyway. There is more rain in the forecast and we still have a couple thousand acres to get seeded.
I managed to have enough time to get my lawn mowed and raked before I got the call to bring the truck to the field. R brought another fertilizer truck and then we brought the empty seed truck back so he could load it again and take it back. He's on call in case it rains and we need to get the fertilizer trucks inside again. I think I'm done with field work for the day, but no one did my dishes or folded my laundry or vacuumed while I was gone, so I'd better get started on those chores.
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