Lindsey Sterkel – Deibert Harvesting (JKD Inc)
We got another sleep-in this morning which I can’t complain about! I got caught up on some laundry and paperwork this morning. After lunch, we got to cutting right away after maybe around a quarter to half an inch of rain at the field the night before.
Really, if you think about it really hard, some days harder than others going to the field in a way is like going to the spa! 
😬 It was so darn hot (102°) today that we were sweating like we were at the sauna. Not to mention while running through the field to the combine or checking hoppers, the stubble hitting your legs could act as an exfoliant, scratching all that nasty stuff off your legs or even as acupuncture on some occasions. We can’t forget the grease that gets on us that if you rub in a little we could imagine it as moisturizer. The wind acts as our hair dresser and the straw that ends up in our hair is like our highlights, but the best thing is they wash right out without ruining your hair and it’s a lot less expensive! When you’ve got so much dust on your face that if you added water it could be a mud mask, and our amazing HarvestHER tans!! And everyday is a different look!! Some days you might be tanner than normal, or the next you might look pretty darn blonde with all the straw in our hair!
I think I’m going to have to try this Amazon prime thing and get a camera cord shipped out in the next couple of days because it stinks not being able to get the pictures off my camera!
Today I got to ride in the combine with Turk quite a bit since we were so close to the bins we didn’t need all the trucks. We got some nice together time of me popping his little bubble, but I really enjoyed it! I have to say that’s one of my favorite places on harvest, is the buddy seat of Turk’s combine.
We were in what I thought was a somewhat hilly field today. We went in a couple of low spots and as I was screaming and leaning, Turk was saying that me leaning (pretty much out the door or almost in his seat) isn’t going to help much from keeping the combine from flipping over…I still leaned just as much but tried to keep the screaming to a minimum. 
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We got a good dent in the winter wheat today although we got a late start. Hopefully we will get on to spring wheat soon!
I hope everyone is staying safe and trying to enjoy the heat wave! 
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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".
