Yesterday J seeded some hay barley so I think he's done for the season. M's tractor broke down just as he was finishing up on Monday night. He got it fixed yesterday and decided to try to seed in some wet spots. He didn't get far before he got stuck--guess those wet spots are still wet! J had to pull him out with the bigger tractor.
Once again, my day didn't go as planned. I had transcription to do for a friend this morning and thought I'd have the rest of the day to mow and rake and maybe bake something rhubarby (M brought rhubarb home and chopped it the other night, so I think that's a hint).
R called about noon and wanted me to meet him at the grandparents' so I could give him a ride to the 4-wheeler which had gotten left in the field yesterday. I had to do my bull counting and cat feeding over there anyway. On the way back we had to get a cow and a calf back into the pasture. On my way back home J called to ask if I'd come get him. He was taking his tractor to the highway so the repair guy could look at it on his way by. I thought I was just taking him back to the field, but by the time I got to where he was, the plan had changed and I had to take him to Opheim to get the seed truck. M needed more seed for the wet spots. I had to follow him to the field so he could leave the truck and I could take him back to town. I got home about 3 and had a quick PBJ and went to mow. I had only made a couple rounds when R called wanting me to go to town to get the fencing stuff. He thought it was in the 4-wheeler that they had used to fence down by the river. He had been busy putting the neighbor's cows back in and was trying to find two of our heifers amongst the neighbor's 350 pairs--sort of like a needle in a haystack--and noticed some fence problems.
I went to town and there was nothing in the 4-wheeler. I had to call M to find out where all the fencing stuff was. He had put it in a shed on the new property--like anyone would EVER think to look there. During the conversation he proceeded to tell me that we needed to do this and we needed to do that. I told him that HE needed to get his butt off the tractor and deal with some things himself. It gives him too much time to think of things WE need to do. Anyway, I took the fencing stuff to R and we fixed some fence and moved heifers into a different pasture, minus the two that are lost somewhere. We had to use a wire stretcher to open one gate because it was so tight and in the process I got my finger caught and smashed--at least I didn't break a nail! R came for supper and a hair cut and then I went back out about 7:30 to finish mowing. Not that simple--the mower had a flat tire, and it was starting to rain. I raked for a little while, and the rain didn't last so I aired up the tire and finally finished mowing about 9 pm. J wants the mower to clean up around the shop and the new lots and it needs to go to R's and my mom's. It probably should really just go to the junk pile since it's older than R and has some issues.
I'm off to work again tomorrow. At least there, the days are pretty predictable.
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