Sunday, April 25, 2010

Summertime!!

So I guess it is about time to start talking about the old summer plans. To start off my summer I have received a call from my old boss that I used to paint for during the summers. He called to tell me that this man whose house he painted was needing someone to come and spread mulch around his house so I called up the guy and the next day (during easter weekend) I went by his house and talked to him and decided when I would start mulching. The other day when I called him to confirm when I would be home he told me that his neighbor would like for me to do some yard work also. So besides those two jobs I am still in need of finding more work to do. Also this summer I am taking a class at the local community college back home. Other then these few things I will definitely be doing a lot of fishing with the dudes and chilling out. Another thing I will probably regret later when I start doing this but I can’t wait to start bailing hay. This is one of the hardest, demanding things I have ever done. Due to the fact my dad owns an old school bailer we have to stack the hay twice, once on the wagons and then again in the barn. I have been bailing hay with my dad since I was in 5th grade. I remember all the times I was too small to throw bails around and then one day during the winter my dad had me help him go out to the barn and restack the hay. I was really excited that I could finally help him. Last summer I did something I really regretted I was trying to hook up the hay tetter to get the rows fluffed to dry out faster and the thing was too heavy to lift by myself and the jack on the thing was broken. So I took rope tied it around the tetter and then roped it around the lift bars on the tractor to try and lift it up. When I did this I was swinging the tetter over to hook up and the rope broke and the tetter fell on my foot in which I was wearing flip flops. I was worried at first when I was lifting the tetter up to get my foot out, that I lost a few of my toes. I definitely learned a lesson from this experience.

3 comments:

  1. I'm guessing nothing ended up happening to your toes? At least nothing serious. I bet you can get pretty diesel from lifting those hay bails - it sounds like tough work to me.

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  2. I think it would be fun as well. Way to leave the abiguity about your toes. NOw I have to ask you about that in class. Thanks dick! IM just messing with you. I kind of got lost there for a minute when you were tell the story but I think I got it in the end.

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  3. hahaha the toes comment was ambiguous. I read it a couple of times and I *think* now that you only *thought* you lost your toes but didn't... riiiiiiiiight???

    it's so interesting that you could be looking forward to bailing hay. good for you!

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