Kortney DeBock of CK DeBock Harvesting
Because everybody has to make a list nowadays…
1. Where as you once depended heavily on cruise control, you no longer use it because most of the time you’re pulling something or going down a rutted out back road.
2. Privacy is your fairy tale. You live in a camper. There is little more that needs to be said.
3. You curse rainy days but in the back of your mind, where you will never admit it, you are kind of happy about getting your harvest hubby all to yourself for the day!
4. All dreams of having a beautiful garden die. Like your garden. When you have to leave it for 5 months.
5. “So that farmer, 4 states away, is ready for us now.” Or something along those lines.
6. You feel like one of those jerks that always has their tow mirrors out when they are pulling nothing but their ego. In reality, it’s a huge pain to put them back and readjust your mirrors when you will probably be putting them back in a few days anyway.
7. It’s amazing how many miles you can put on a pickup in such a short time.
8. You no longer relate to your old childhood friends. While their summers are spent going to the lake with their families you are watching 4th of July fireworks from the cab of a combine.
9. During Harvest, time is measured in acres.
10. Is there such thing as a perfect temperature in a camper? I’m pretty sure it’s either as hot as the Texas sun or it’s the North Pole, no middle ground. It’s also impossible to have an even temperature throughout the whole camper.
11. You are slaving away on dinner in your heat box of a camper when your loving harvest hubby calls and starts with, “So you aren’t busy are you…?” Just turn the oven off and grab the keys. You’re going on a parts run, girlfriend.
12. You have a very close relationship with your banker.
13. Planning weddings, special events or “family building” has to be in perfect accordance with harvest. You have to plan everything many months in advance. Beautiful summer wedding? Naw girl, revolve your pinterest-perfect wedding around a Christmas tree, ‘cause that’s what you’re getting.
14. “How many acres did you get today?” Followed by some quick math.
15. Is it even possible to get the camper perfectly level on the first try? That’s what my dreams are made of.
16. Anything under 5 hours in a short move.
17. Twice the laundry with half the washer.
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".