hay choo

Today was the first round of bring in the bales.
It's a tradition built over the past 9 years of
haying. There are all the same players just some
of them are bigger and stronger. Thank goodness for
that. Ian has a friend named Joe that has helped
us with hay from the beginning. I was talking to him
on line the other night and asked him if he was ready
to do hay. His response was are you ever really ready to
do hay? True. Then he went on to say that since he hasn't
been hanging around up here as much,(due to a girl friend),
that he wouldn't feel guilty if.......Naw cant break tradition.
It is an art form to stack the hay so it fits in the space
provided and over the years I have gotten better at it. Last year
though was torture. I was still healing from a ripped hamstring and
had to watch as others did it. I had to at one point go inside so
I wouldn't have a nervous break down. Lets just say the hay got into
the barn and that's all that matters right? I am just happy we
are getting it done before the 20th. It seems to be earlier and earlier
every year. So tomorrow we will do the other 200 and that will be
one less thing for me to worry about while I am down and out.

I explained to my children to be prepared next weekend to help get the
house in order or suffer the wrath. I can not have any reason to do something
stupid or I will. I finished shoveling out my youngest daughters room before the
haying began today. Got rid of a lot of "stuff" that hopefully won't be missed.
That is the joy of doing it while she is at school. Salvation Army run tomorrow to
dispose of the evidence. The offers of help have come from all around. Things will
be okay because we have people to help Dave and the kids where needed over the next
few weeks. I have just got to keep telling myself to release control the world will
not stop re voling because I am stuck in bed for a few weeks.

I have to call my boss tomorrow and tell her I won't be back to work till the beginning of August instead of the beginning of July. I hope we can make it a
little longer without my paycheck and Dave was going to pick up an extra day
at his per Diem job.

Well it is time to go to bed and rest up for another day of lift that bale.

ttfn