What I Learned This Harvest

Yay, harvest is over!  Except for the moving home, cleaning up equipment and putting everything away for the winter.  We left J on Saturday evening to work on the hailed out piece while we began moving equipment back home.  So fun to move the swather at 12.2 mph.  I managed to stay awake but just barely.  We made it through without coming to blows (just barely), no major breakdowns (mental or equipment), only a couple of days with extra help, and a lot of grain in bins so I guess we'd have to call it a success.

Anyway, I sure learned a lot. Like:
*  My husband is a bit of a control freak.  I think I already knew that, but he reinforced it a few times.  (I probably shouldn't have put that in since he reads this).

*  My son is very scary looking when he hasn't had a haircut for a couple of months and hasn't shaved for a couple of weeks.  I already knew that, too, but he reminded me lately.

*  I learned what R must have felt like having three people telling him what to do.  Of course, I get a little more respect (as befitting the queen) than he did.  And, I will tell them to shut up and leave me alone, something I don't think R ever did.

*  I found out that you can't fill those grain trailers up.  Why do they make them so big if you can't fill them up?  I got into trouble twice loading two different trailers too heavy.  The first time I didn't really know better, but the second time was just a lapse in judgement.  Oops!

 *  I covered some of our property that I'd never been on before.  Unlike the guys, I don't cover every acre two or three times a year.  Learned a lot about washouts and coulee crossings.

*  I learned that I can do more than I thought I could and I'm not too old to learn.

*  I realized that I'm very grateful that we can still do the hard work.  None of us are sick, injured or disabled.

*  And, I learned that I love being with my family in all things.  (Actually, I already knew that, too, but sometimes need to take the time to acknowledge it.)

Yesterday we had planned a lazy Sunday but it didn't happen.  We were back to cowboying, moving some cows closer to home and today I have to go to my other job.  Looking forward to the weekend when we can really relax.