I'm Having a Day
Yes, I am having a day, and its only 7:20 am.
It pretty much started around 4:30 when my bladder woke me up.
Brain: You have to go to Newcastle today and return that tank heater.
Brain: I wish Rob was here
Brain: You had other plans didn’t ya?
Brain: You need coffee
Brain: Crap, yeah, you were going to can that turkey stock
Brain: Yeah but you really need that tank heater
Brain: I love you Rob
Brain: Ok, run to Newcastle and exchange the tank heater then come home and take care of the stock
Brain: You need coffee
Brain: Well, while your down there you ought to get more horse feed.
Brain: That will take more time away from the stock
Brain: Only about 10 more mins
Brain: Hey Rob
Brain: Don’t forget you need to fix sheep coats tomorrow.
Brain: You forgot about the coats didnt ya?
Brain: Think you have enough iron on patches for the coats? Better check that
Brain: Crap, that means I need to get another room heater while i’m in Newcastle. The one I have is under the house keeping the pipes from freezing
Brain: More time away from stock canning, oh boy
Me: Goes outside to do chores. It’s 3 degrees and feels like -12
Brain: You forgot to soak the horse feed!!! Crap
Brain: I wish Rob was here, he makes life so much easier
Brain: Sunrise is kinda pretty today, all pinks and oranges.
Brain: You need more alfalfa and beet pulp also while your in town.
Brain: Crap, its cold
Me: Feeds horses, adjusts horse coat, moves other tank heater to frozen tank after chopping a hole in it, lets sheep out, goes down to feed rams
Brain: Hey girl, you forgot to feed the dogs while you were up here.
Brain: Watch the ice, if you fall, its gunna hurt
Brain: Rob’s gunna laugh if you land on your ass
Brain: You sure are scattered today.
Brain: Watch the ice, watch the ice, watch the ice!!!
Me: Finishes the rams, walks back up and feeds the dogs.
Brain: Your low on dog food too, better add that to the list, and I suggest you write it all down cus you will forget something.
Brain: I hope the truck starts ok, you did remember to plug it in, right? Better go check that.
Brain: You know Rob would never forget that
Me: Checks truck, yes its plugged in, back at the house to find the Tinker kitty has gone into stealth mode and is sneaking into the house when I open the door. Tinker has to stay in a kennel in the house, so I better catch him quick. (He has a tumor that bleeds on occasion so I don’t need a murder scene in the house from it, hence the kennel)
Brain: Did you write it all down yet? No of course not, your sitting here blogging it all instead.
Brain: Son ate all the cinnamon rolls
Brain: You need milk too, so you better go to the grocery store. Don’t care if it takes more time away from the stock, just friggen get it done.
Brain: You need more coffee
Brain: What else do you need at the store, you better think about it now before you get there and forget it again.
Brain: Rob I need a hug
Brain: Have you thought about dinner yet? Whatcha gunna do about that?
Brain: Get in the shower and get your butt moving.
Me: I give up.
Wow. That brought back memories! I do not miss the days when we had to go out in all kinds of weather to feed livestock and had to keep a tractor running, etc. Our daughter has charge of that now. We are on cloud 9 today because after a long dry summer, at long last our hay guy has 100 large round bales of hay for the farm and will deliver tomorrow. We've been buying hay stretcher cubes (I didn't know such things existed until recently) because the last of the left-over hay is gone as of today and we didn't know when or if we would find hay. Btw, my brain refuses to function without coffee first thing in the morning and Brad made another pot of coffee an hour ago when we felt chilled and sleepy in the middle of the afternoon. Now my brain is awake again. Winter returned to NE Texas yesterday but tomorrow we will probably be back to 70 deg. Gotta love our bipolar Texas weather.
Oh my! Exactly!