Idiot Cubes

Woo Hoo for yearlings.

So, I did chores just a tad bit early today so that by the time everyone got here to saddle up and round up spayed heifers we would at least be partially ready. Tina called me just after six and said she was sick and wouldn't be coming- she couldn't find Merle so I was the messenger- hopefully she gets some sleep and feels better- don't know if she'll be around tomorrow. Jeff has the rest of the week off, so we called in the reinforcements. So, today it was Glen, Ross, Delbert, Merle, and I. We saddled up and loaded into Delbert's trailer because our two are still full of hay, and headed out to round up. On the way up there we met a kid leading a horse through the pasture claiming that someone had cut all the gates and blah blah blah...well the truth was he had just left them all open and came up with this nice little story. Guess that kid is known for these things...who knew? So we made it up to the well and unloaded. We all just sorta split up and rode the pasture. I didn't see much wildlife but I eventually found quite a little herd of heifers. We got them all moved north very carefully and the drive was on. Dan and I were clashing personalities a bit today- he didn't wanna be alone, and I was sore enough that it was hard to fight with him. At one point everyone went on top of this draw and I went down because I needed to cross the creek and get the heifers on the other side. I fought with that horse for 15 minutes to get him to cross until I finally gave up because everyone was probably wondering if I died down there and because I was getting awfully sore from fighting with Dan. So, very unsatisfyingly, he won. But, regardless we got the heifers home with relatively no trouble considering they are dumb yearlings. Delbert's words of wisdom for the day: Yearlings are like teenagers, they're always in a hurry somewhere, they just don't know where that is! haha...very true.

After we made it home we tried to move a deep freeze back into my house that Marva had sent from town but the darn hinges wouldn't fit through the furnace room door, so we will have to mess with that later. Then, Glen, Merle, and Delbert started unloading bales from the trailer into the barn while Ross and I went back to the pasture to get Delbert's pickup and trailer. When we all met back home it was dinner time. Sharla made us lasagna- quite tasty! After dinner it was time for haying. We headed back out the the square bales with two empty trailers this time. My job was to run the baler- I think I can handle that at 1.2mph. I acually baled most of the afternoon after they had gone home because we only needed a couple hundred more. We ended up with 720 idot cubes in all. That's not too bad, and a good majority of them are picked up..but still need to be unloaded...o how fun. I have kinda been a slacker the entire square baling process because of my nasty little crackly ribs, but I guess it would be nice if they would heal so it's probably for the best. Besides, I was able to catch up on phone calls while travelling at warp speeds in the baler.

When I finished baling I drove a full load of bales home, did chores, pulled weeds, and then sat down and ate supper. I just realized that the chicken coup is still open, so I should probably go and fix that before there aren't any more chickens! It was a fairly productive day- we will have to make what we can of tomorrow morning because it's wedding day! O boy. lol