We spent most of the day moving from Opheim back to Richland and getting everything ready to cut wheat. We had trucks, augers and the grain cart to bring back and got it all in one trip, thank goodness. They had some cleaning up to do on the combines and M had to switch headers and J changed concaves.
This morning M told me I had to find time to check the cows. I was thinking then he had to gjve me time to check the cows. I found time while they were getting the combines ready. I took salt and mineral and made sure the cows were still in the pasture. Everything was fine. I picked up lunch on the way back and delivered it to the shop.
C's stepson had a day off from his day job so came out to help us. He usually helps his grandpa but their wheat wasn't quite ready. Finally, about 3:30 J pulled in to the first field of wheat. C had a load of lentils to take to Opheim so I rode along. I called my mom to see if she would pick me up there and take me to her house where our service pickup has been sitting for a couple of days. C took a wheat sample to check moisture and protein. M had looked at it and said it looked like 13.3 protein and then said, no, maybe 13.8. I said there was no way he could tell by looking at it. Sure enough, it was 13.3. I think that was just a lucky guess.
When we got there the tire that has been going low was very low so I had to get it to the shop and air it up to get home. Just as I was getting back to Richland the guys needed a flagger to move down the highway a couple of miles. From there I hurried back to Richland so I could get the pickup to the station to get the tire fixed before they closed.
I was going to go ride the combine but then decided I would have lots more chances to do that so came home early, about 6:15. I have gotten a load of laundry done, did dishes, vacuumed, and made a fruit cobbler and spaghetti sauce so we could have a decent supper finally. I think Jared will be here for the weekend so I might get some more time off. That will be okay with me.
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