Scatter Brained

Today was fairly busy.

I didn't really get started on the right foot this morning...I was really tired last night and didn't get a lot of sleep for some reason- and I was too lazy to get up and take Tylenol PM...lol. So, this morning I woke up to two alarms going off and the phone ringing...way after chore time. Yep- I slept completely through both alarms and it's a real good thing the phone rang. When I answered, lets just say the greeting wasn't your typical 'Hello'...I had another choice word. So, another morning that I felt like an idiot...oh well- the boss just laughed at me. I think I have to try harder to get fired :P The whole thing is pretty uncharacteristic of me though.

So, because of that chores were all done for me and it was time to hay right away. I helped Merle unload the pickup full of corn and then finished greasing up my tractor. When we got all serviced and ready to go we headed out to a bottom with quite a bit of thick hay. It's on alkaline ground so it's not the most amazing hay, but there is a lot of it- something that would be good to grind and put with another high protein feedstuff. We hayed that and I lucked out because my tacometer wasn't working again today, but the few times I absolutely had to stop I managed to get going again. The only trouble I had was getting a branch plugged into the rake. But, then we went to put up a hay pen- this was all fine and dandy and then I hit a bale. It's not that uncommon, but I was looking right at it when it happened- pretty sure my depth perception is terrible! I need to wear my glasses more often- or perhaps just sleep at night!

Then, we headed back up to the shed and headed in for lunch. Jeff was still gone in Rapid; he was sent with the lawn mower to get it serviced, and Ross was out with the chisel. So, after dinner the plan was to go out and hay some more (after my tractor battery got all charged) and then string salt and mineral. But, Merle had a message that some of his steers were over in a neighbors corral on the other side of town. So, we hooked onto the trailer and headed that way. We got about 3 miles south of the house and Marva called...the fire whilstle was going off in town (our pagers get terrible reception out here so we don't carry them during the day). Sure enough, we called in and there was a car wreck 5 miles east of Vetal. So, we roared into town and took a rescue unit. I don't have all of my PPE uniform in town because the odds of us leaving from the station are a lot lower than the odds of leaving from home so I was running around stealing things from other peoples lockers! I found enough of a uniform to make it work anyway. The other units were already en route, so we took off. When we got there they already had the three people involved loaded into the ambulances and were getting ready to go back to the hospital in Martin. It was a van that had somehow drifted off the road and rolled a few times- looked like one time it even went end for end. But, the people were ok, one had a broken leg, but the others seemed to only have minor injuries. There wasn't any fire, but a lot of clean up. We spent some time getting glass off the road and picking up all the junk that got thrown into the ditches. There were already a few explorers directing traffic and the rest of us were standing around waiting for the wrecker when the captain told us we could go back because they could handle the rest. So, us and anothe rescue unit went back to the station and fueled up for the next venture out.

After we left the fire station we finally made it to the neighbors and picked up the steers. We got them dropped off into their pasture ok and then checked a couple wells as we were going home. By the time we got back it was already chore time. We unhooked and did chores. Afterward we went to find Ross and get him moved home with the tractor since he was done plowing...for a while. Then, I came back finished up what was left of chores, showered, ate, and now I'm headed for bed. It sounds like we are going to pull some more bulls in the morning.