Audra Zimmerman – Zimmerman Harvesting
Well, we are onto wheat harvest in Northern Oklahoma. I survived my first wheat harvest in Texas and to be quite honest, I’m glad it’s over. I really am not a big fan of Texas. One word…”Rattlesnakes”!!! Come to find out, they are in Oklahoma too, ugh!!!
A wise harvester once told me, “The best part of Oklahoma is looking at it from your rearview mirror”. I’m thinking the same holds true for Texas.
Actually, there are more trees and green grass in Oklahoma, so I think it’s better than Munday, Texas. Andy keeps telling me, “Texas is a BIG place”. I guess there might be more beautiful parts to Texas, but not where you harvest wheat.
Anyway, update on the “Combine Dog”. She was bitten by a baby rattlesnake on Memorial Day weekend. She is still in the animal hospital in Dallas. She will have skin grafts later this week on her leg (no amputation…yay!!!). This is becoming one expensive dog ($10k+). I could buy a small car for the amount we are spending on my dog, but that’s what you do when you have no kids. I hope she can come “home” next week.
Andy and I have friends who set up a “Go Fund Me” account for my dog. Wow, people have been so generous!!! It was a tough first year on harvest (last year) and we are still having a hard time with the financial part of a tough year. God always provides. even when you feel like Job in the Bible.
Well. hopefully. we can get started in our next job in Manchester, Oklahoma soon. It rained this past weekend. The laundry, grocery, cleaning, and book work are caught up, so it’s time to get back in my combine.
1. Be ready to go at the drop of a hat...sometimes without a lunchbox.
2. Has removed the word impossible from her vocabulary!
3. Can hold a baby, take care of a toddler and drive a tractor or combine all at the same time.
4. Must be able to cook for a crew - large or small.
5. Must be able to read minds.
6. Must be able to banter with a parts man until he realizes you DO know what you're talking about.
7. Must be the entertainment director for those rainy days.
8. Be a wife, mom, friend, helper, cook, problem solver, taxi driver or extra crew hand at all times.
9. Can handle the call that makes you react, "You need what? When?" Dropping everything you're doing to make it happen.
10. At the end of the day say, "I really do love this life".