I blogged a bit too early last night. I had taken a shower to get some grit off and just after I got out my cell phone rang and it was M. It was about 7:00 pm and I answered, "sorry, I'm done for the day." That was met by a moment of silence until I said I was kidding. He told me I didn't have to do anything, just run over to the farm and see how things were going with the cows and calves and to make sure ours weren't in the mix. I got there and saw that Bob and Dinger were still trying to get some calves into the pasture with the cows. I thought they had it handled and walked up to the house to deliver some mail to my mother-in-law. When I came back out I saw three or four calves run out an open gate. Bob was on his horse and Dinger asked me where my 4-wheeler was because Bob might need help. So, I went back and got the 4-wheeler and called M and told him I thought they were making things worse. He decided he'd better shut down his tractor and come survey the situation. Meanwhile Bob was trying to cut the calves out of our cows which made me nervous because our cows go berserk around horses. He did get a couple of them back and he and Dinger pushed them to the pasture where their mommas were. I went up the hill and cut out another one and walked it back down.
M showed up then and we decided to push our cows into a pasture away from the action. The first group went in fine. There was confusion about which gate to use when we pushed the second group. I pushed them toward the wrong gate while waiting for M to round up some strays. That meant they would have to go through one gate, make a 90-degree turn into another gate. M was sure we'd have a wreck, but I showed him how being calm and cool can make it work and we got them in without a problem. By that time it was almost dark and I was freezing. I had left the house without my coat or gloves and had on a sweatshirt and a hoodie, but the wind was blowing at least 30 mph and it went right through me. Bob had gotten one of the neighbor's cows and three calves into our corral to stay there for the night. We were pretty sure a few more calves would straggle back by morning.
It was a hot soup supper for us. Then just before we were going to bed J called to say the drill was broken and wondering if we had parts somewhere. He had to call R at 10:30 to come get him, then they searched for parts and rounded up enough stuff to fix it. So he was up bright and early to fix it and get going, didn't make it 20 feet and the tractor broke down. He had to call the implement dealer to come work on it, but it's not going yet, hopefully tomorrow and hopefully before the rain moves in. I know where it will be going when this season is over.....down the road.
It was an Aleve night for me with 4-wheeler butt and 4-wheeler knees. M was wondering if Aleve would help his ear. I asked what was wrong with his ear, and he said it hurt from being on the phone all day...ouch!
It was kind of a relief to go to work today and not know what was going on here. Sometimes it's just better to be out of touch and ignorant.
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