Audra Zimmerman – Zimmerman Harvesting
Day 130:
Soybean harvest has officially begun in a Langdon, ND.
After a 10 day “vacation” trip home via an airplane to Ohio, constitutes a vacation. At home, I had to renew license plates for our trailers. A “quick” trip to Florida for my grandmothers funeral and no time for a visit to see Mickey. I really am racking up the frequent flyer miles with Delta.
Many other HarvestHERs have mentioned that adjustment to life after harvest is a hard adjustment. With my vacation home, I am not sure what is so hard about going home? My full size bathroom, dishwasher, paved roads, Starbucks, “big” city 20 miles from home, yoga studio within 5 miles and friends and family make the adjustment back to life after harvest as “easy as pie”. I am still not sure why you would have such a problem going home??? Maybe I’m just weird.
We are still hopeful that we will be able to go home for fall harvest. A phone call today from home gave us a 2-3 week start date for fall harvest in Ohio.
A picture of our first day of soybean harvest in Langdon.
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".
