Sitting here listening to the rain, trying to recap the day.
Usually during harvest, rain is an unwelcome guest. But after the long week of break downs and craziness we have had, there are no complaints coming from our crew. We had another combine down today. The tire that was supposed to be fixed on the Deere messed up again. The patch that the service guy put on popped off. So we have to wait until Monday for a new tire. So we have been cutting since 5:00 p.m with only one combine.
We could see the storm rolling in around 9:00 p.m. We had sent all of our help home for the day and were just going to fill up the trucks. Well, the storm came faster than expected, so Anthony, our boys and I were rushing to get equipment moved to higher ground. We got it all moved and in our pickups right before the downpour hit. The kids were happy to be home and showered before midnight. I was looking forward to calling it a night early, yet here I am at 11:00 p.m. wide awake listening to the thunderstorm. It is raining pretty heavy here or so it sounds like. I am assuming we won’t be able to cut tomorrow. We shall see!
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".
