SageHill
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the of us are now off the hook for making it!!!
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the of us are now off the hook for making it!!!
SageHill
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<getting ready to run with this comment> ....
Have you tried ... <cough> ... counting sheep
?? <flee>In all seriousness though - you're not alone in the quest for sleep!! Maybe it's an age thing??? But try to watch tv and zzzzzzzz
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Nope, counting anything makes me get to thinking I have forgotten someone... No TV for the past 15 or more years so that's out. Try to keep all the electronics out of the bedroom... as little light as possible as that has always been the best way to get good deep sleep.
I think that for years I was TIRED when I went to bed and I went to sleep and slept "hard"... that now I am just not as physically tired as I used to be and so my body is saying that I don't need as much....
My schedule has always been crazy and falling asleep was never a problem regardless of when I had to get up...
Truck unloaded... going to go through some of the boxes sooner rather than later as a couple did get wet on the drive down... there are towels and some other stuff that I want to make sure doesn't get black moldy... but it is all in the carport. Now he can take the truck to put in the barn that he keeps harping on... and then make a decision if he is going to sell it to me.
I am not going to bother him about the explorer with him leaving tomorrow for La... and they might get rained out if the hurricane hits anyway.... but as soon as he gets back he is either going to get the 2 people wanting it, to come look at it or it is going somewhere else.
@Baymule said to call CarMax... don't know if we have one closeby... but I am going to look into it. Want it gone. I will not drive it much because of the gas mileage... and I just don't like it.
Brahma's are in the cage, they are learning to follow me and I give them some sweet feed with alot of corn picked out, to get them to go in; next, going out to put the leghorns up for the night.
Hit 73 today, and it was because the sun came and went for a good part of it, and the breeze keeping it cooler. Cool out there down to 64 and will drop off to about 48-50 again. If it doesn't look like we are going to get much rain out of it tomorrow, then I will water all the outside plants.
I think that for years I was TIRED when I went to bed and I went to sleep and slept "hard"... that now I am just not as physically tired as I used to be and so my body is saying that I don't need as much....
My schedule has always been crazy and falling asleep was never a problem regardless of when I had to get up...
Truck unloaded... going to go through some of the boxes sooner rather than later as a couple did get wet on the drive down... there are towels and some other stuff that I want to make sure doesn't get black moldy... but it is all in the carport. Now he can take the truck to put in the barn that he keeps harping on... and then make a decision if he is going to sell it to me.
I am not going to bother him about the explorer with him leaving tomorrow for La... and they might get rained out if the hurricane hits anyway.... but as soon as he gets back he is either going to get the 2 people wanting it, to come look at it or it is going somewhere else.
@Baymule said to call CarMax... don't know if we have one closeby... but I am going to look into it. Want it gone. I will not drive it much because of the gas mileage... and I just don't like it.
Brahma's are in the cage, they are learning to follow me and I give them some sweet feed with alot of corn picked out, to get them to go in; next, going out to put the leghorns up for the night.
Hit 73 today, and it was because the sun came and went for a good part of it, and the breeze keeping it cooler. Cool out there down to 64 and will drop off to about 48-50 again. If it doesn't look like we are going to get much rain out of it tomorrow, then I will water all the outside plants.
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Getting ready to get out the door. DS called and it seems he worked on her truck a good part of yesterday.... her car is acting up, been in the shop several times since it is under warranty, it has a "shimmy" in the front end that she can't stand.. DS said it is so slight that she is being a little ridiculous over it... they have changed tires, rotated, balanced them, put new ones on, realigned it, and still can't find it. It goes in the shop again Tuesday... and of course she has to have something to drive... the farm trucks aren't good enough except for "farm work"... so he had to do the brakes and some other stuff on her truck.
So that made him late to get the hay baling done, and after all that he round baled it all.... when the orchard grass at his barn was supposed to be sq baled and some of the plain grass hay at deb's was supposed to be sq baled. He got done and was on his way home when he called me. Asked if I had had any problems with raking... he saw I had gotten it all done. I said no, I looked for him at the barn and all to see if there was anything I could help him with but he was no where to be found. That's when he said he was working on her truck over a t a friend's that has a "pit" where he could get under it... I think he had to do something with the clutch and all... He asked if I could do the chickens mon-tues-wed and the neighbor would do them the rest of the week... which is thurs -fri as he will be home fri night.
Then he called this morning, said he would leave the instructions for one 1/2 of the steer that I am going to have to load and take to the butcher this afternoon... doesn't have the cutting instructions for the other half yet... it will hang 10-14 days so he can do that when he gets back. Then started in how there are not enough hours in the day, and he had to go home and get packed because he hadn't done that yet... WTF... he couldn't take 15 minutes last night when he went home (it was 7:30 when he called me on his way home he said) to get all his stuff ready to go????....No sympathy here.
So aside from getting the steers into the lot at the barn and moving the truck/trailer back down to the loading chute; he had moved it up back when we were pouring the concrete slab to be out of the way and plenty of room for the trucks and all....he also said he was running out of time, and hadn't gone to do his chickens yet so could I please do them today also. He was supposed to meet the rest of the guys going to the regionals at noon and this was 10:30 and he had to go "home" yet to pack and get a shower and meet them in Staunton which is 40 minutes from her house.
When he dropped off the instructions he said, why is the hood propped up on the truck ( the truck that HAD to get finished unloaded to put in the barn before he left) and I said because I had to charge the battery to get it moved... and then he was well, it should be down if it rains, and I said well, the stick can just be laid down like it was before, and so 'why is there a stick in there?' and I was because you had to take the hood latch apart to get it opened because of the rust from the salt, had it stuck... I was just so over it with him... needless to say it will not get put in the barn before he goes away... so I pushed to get it done for nothing... but it is done. Next to go through the boxes... and with the weather cooling off and all, I will be able to start working on some of this stuff.
Then he asked about the "car" (explorer) ... said I really got the title and I said no, I don't have it because of the lien for the loan, but it is straightened out... and he said so are you really going to sell it???? LIKE I haven't been saying that all along???? I said, yes, I am selling it, I don't like driving it, and it is going . For pete's sake, does he not listen to ANYTHING anymore????
You know, it is almost like his brain doesn't seem to work right... and I am wondering if it is all her.... It reminds me of people that start to have memory problems and stuff and come to find out they are slowly being "poisoned" with something in the air or the water.... Really, he has gotten so forgetful and seems somewhat "out of it" sometimes..... maybe it is damage from the accident that is starting to just become more apparent.... he really does not remember things like he used to. Is he so focused on her and all that, that he just does not try to impress upon his own mind anything else?
It is hard to see and accept.
Well, I am going to go do the chickens, and then go get the steer loaded so I can be done and all well before the rain that looks like it will be coming in after 3-4 p.m.
Got to find the "tin snips" to cut the metal so that I can get this moveable coop redone and the leghorns into it before we get any of the remnants of the hurricane the end of the week. Since I am not very good or fast with these power tools and such, it will take me awhile to get it all figured out. I really do not like doing carpentry work.
Also want to get the rest of the potatoes dug this week if possible.
Better get out there. Sun is out but it is breezy I am not going to water the plants since we are supposed to get the rain... if we don't then I will water tomorrow.
So that made him late to get the hay baling done, and after all that he round baled it all.... when the orchard grass at his barn was supposed to be sq baled and some of the plain grass hay at deb's was supposed to be sq baled. He got done and was on his way home when he called me. Asked if I had had any problems with raking... he saw I had gotten it all done. I said no, I looked for him at the barn and all to see if there was anything I could help him with but he was no where to be found. That's when he said he was working on her truck over a t a friend's that has a "pit" where he could get under it... I think he had to do something with the clutch and all... He asked if I could do the chickens mon-tues-wed and the neighbor would do them the rest of the week... which is thurs -fri as he will be home fri night.
Then he called this morning, said he would leave the instructions for one 1/2 of the steer that I am going to have to load and take to the butcher this afternoon... doesn't have the cutting instructions for the other half yet... it will hang 10-14 days so he can do that when he gets back. Then started in how there are not enough hours in the day, and he had to go home and get packed because he hadn't done that yet... WTF... he couldn't take 15 minutes last night when he went home (it was 7:30 when he called me on his way home he said) to get all his stuff ready to go????....No sympathy here.
So aside from getting the steers into the lot at the barn and moving the truck/trailer back down to the loading chute; he had moved it up back when we were pouring the concrete slab to be out of the way and plenty of room for the trucks and all....he also said he was running out of time, and hadn't gone to do his chickens yet so could I please do them today also. He was supposed to meet the rest of the guys going to the regionals at noon and this was 10:30 and he had to go "home" yet to pack and get a shower and meet them in Staunton which is 40 minutes from her house.
When he dropped off the instructions he said, why is the hood propped up on the truck ( the truck that HAD to get finished unloaded to put in the barn before he left) and I said because I had to charge the battery to get it moved... and then he was well, it should be down if it rains, and I said well, the stick can just be laid down like it was before, and so 'why is there a stick in there?' and I was because you had to take the hood latch apart to get it opened because of the rust from the salt, had it stuck... I was just so over it with him... needless to say it will not get put in the barn before he goes away... so I pushed to get it done for nothing... but it is done. Next to go through the boxes... and with the weather cooling off and all, I will be able to start working on some of this stuff.
Then he asked about the "car" (explorer) ... said I really got the title and I said no, I don't have it because of the lien for the loan, but it is straightened out... and he said so are you really going to sell it???? LIKE I haven't been saying that all along???? I said, yes, I am selling it, I don't like driving it, and it is going . For pete's sake, does he not listen to ANYTHING anymore????
You know, it is almost like his brain doesn't seem to work right... and I am wondering if it is all her.... It reminds me of people that start to have memory problems and stuff and come to find out they are slowly being "poisoned" with something in the air or the water.... Really, he has gotten so forgetful and seems somewhat "out of it" sometimes..... maybe it is damage from the accident that is starting to just become more apparent.... he really does not remember things like he used to. Is he so focused on her and all that, that he just does not try to impress upon his own mind anything else?
It is hard to see and accept.
Well, I am going to go do the chickens, and then go get the steer loaded so I can be done and all well before the rain that looks like it will be coming in after 3-4 p.m.
Got to find the "tin snips" to cut the metal so that I can get this moveable coop redone and the leghorns into it before we get any of the remnants of the hurricane the end of the week. Since I am not very good or fast with these power tools and such, it will take me awhile to get it all figured out. I really do not like doing carpentry work.
Also want to get the rest of the potatoes dug this week if possible.
Better get out there. Sun is out but it is breezy I am not going to water the plants since we are supposed to get the rain... if we don't then I will water tomorrow.
Baymule
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He is probably tired from trying to do too many things at once. He’s at her beck and call, nothing is good enough and he’s beating his head on the wall, trying to make her happy. News flash, that ain’t gonna happen. His brains are scrambled. The end result is he’s hitting a lick and a promise and half a$$ doing everything.
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Well, back home. I got sidetracked.... wound up with 2 mice in the traps... heard the "snap"..... another group moving in...
Then had a text from our retired vet friend... seems they are going to have the dinner that they were going to have a couple weeks ago, tonight. She asked if I could come and I said that DS wasn't going to be here, but that I would love to come. So that is at 6. Gotta leave here by 5:30.
So I go out and went to the barn as I didn't know if I would have trouble getting the steer loaded.... DS wanted 222 to go... and come to find out of course he is the "stupider acting one".... but I got him separated and he ran up the loading chute and I got the gates closed before he realized the other 2 in the barn lot weren't behind him. I was trying to decide how to get in there to run him in the trailer and get the door closed as I didn't trust him to not want to take a run at me. I walked along the fence on the outside, and he was trying the gates and I thought he might try to go over but then he turned around and ran in the trailer and I quickly can push the gate from the outside and get in and shut it.....can I move in there fast enough so he doesn't turn around and try to shove it open... That was a real heart pounding minute but I managed it. He never saw me either as the door is solid. . I had decided to do the steer first, then do the chickens on the way back. Took him up there and got the trailer backed up... had a little trouble getting the slider open but then he came out and PHEW... done.
Left headed back... this is only about 5 miles from the barn.... and there is TONS of traffic headed northbound on RT 11... another backup of some sort on the interstate and they get off and run the main state route 11... come down almost to make the turn towards the interstate to come back to the barn, and some imbecile pulls out right in front of me and I practically cream him... somehow I didn't hit him... but the truck stalled and then it wouldn't restart. I know what it is , the starter got hung again and I didn't have a hammer to tap it to free it up... There is traffic everywhere and I am blocking the small side road the IDIOT pulled out from.... and of course with all the traffic off the interstate it is like another grand central station... There was a guy across the road at the other intersection and he asked if I had a hammer and I said no, that I think the starter was hung... he went across to his truck, got a hammer, tapped on the starter underneath the truck, and it started. Thank YOU ... He said, yeah, been there done that a time or 2... I was shaking I was so mad and so afraid I was going to get hit with all the idiots coming off the interstate and all in a rush to go up the road....(this is the truck with the new starter sitting in the cab that was supposed to get put on and the new brakes on this truck done too....)
And the sky had turned black in 20 minutes and it started to rain... got quite a down pour by the time I got to the barn (not 2 miles from where I almost hit the guy). Got out and was getting wet so I went on and opened the loading alley gates to put the other 2 back up in the field... and of course one had to go around the gate into the little silo lot... and I had to go make him come back and just got wetter. So I came on home as it was pouring down. Had some flashes of lightning and a rumble of thunder too.
It lasted another 10 minutes and then stopped and the sun has peeked through again...but radar shows another cloud section coming through about 5... then clearing out.
So I am going to change my clothes, and put on my new ankle waterproof boots and go do the chickens, change to my sneakers, then go to eat.
Aggravations.....
Then had a text from our retired vet friend... seems they are going to have the dinner that they were going to have a couple weeks ago, tonight. She asked if I could come and I said that DS wasn't going to be here, but that I would love to come. So that is at 6. Gotta leave here by 5:30.
So I go out and went to the barn as I didn't know if I would have trouble getting the steer loaded.... DS wanted 222 to go... and come to find out of course he is the "stupider acting one".... but I got him separated and he ran up the loading chute and I got the gates closed before he realized the other 2 in the barn lot weren't behind him. I was trying to decide how to get in there to run him in the trailer and get the door closed as I didn't trust him to not want to take a run at me. I walked along the fence on the outside, and he was trying the gates and I thought he might try to go over but then he turned around and ran in the trailer and I quickly can push the gate from the outside and get in and shut it.....can I move in there fast enough so he doesn't turn around and try to shove it open... That was a real heart pounding minute but I managed it. He never saw me either as the door is solid. . I had decided to do the steer first, then do the chickens on the way back. Took him up there and got the trailer backed up... had a little trouble getting the slider open but then he came out and PHEW... done.
Left headed back... this is only about 5 miles from the barn.... and there is TONS of traffic headed northbound on RT 11... another backup of some sort on the interstate and they get off and run the main state route 11... come down almost to make the turn towards the interstate to come back to the barn, and some imbecile pulls out right in front of me and I practically cream him... somehow I didn't hit him... but the truck stalled and then it wouldn't restart. I know what it is , the starter got hung again and I didn't have a hammer to tap it to free it up... There is traffic everywhere and I am blocking the small side road the IDIOT pulled out from.... and of course with all the traffic off the interstate it is like another grand central station... There was a guy across the road at the other intersection and he asked if I had a hammer and I said no, that I think the starter was hung... he went across to his truck, got a hammer, tapped on the starter underneath the truck, and it started. Thank YOU ... He said, yeah, been there done that a time or 2... I was shaking I was so mad and so afraid I was going to get hit with all the idiots coming off the interstate and all in a rush to go up the road....(this is the truck with the new starter sitting in the cab that was supposed to get put on and the new brakes on this truck done too....)
And the sky had turned black in 20 minutes and it started to rain... got quite a down pour by the time I got to the barn (not 2 miles from where I almost hit the guy). Got out and was getting wet so I went on and opened the loading alley gates to put the other 2 back up in the field... and of course one had to go around the gate into the little silo lot... and I had to go make him come back and just got wetter. So I came on home as it was pouring down. Had some flashes of lightning and a rumble of thunder too.
It lasted another 10 minutes and then stopped and the sun has peeked through again...but radar shows another cloud section coming through about 5... then clearing out.
So I am going to change my clothes, and put on my new ankle waterproof boots and go do the chickens, change to my sneakers, then go to eat.
Aggravations.....
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SageHill
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YUP - that's it. And he probably doesn't even know it.
Mini Horses
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Tell DS you refuse to drive that truck until he changes the starter.....and if he needs it used before then, he can tell GF to do the errand!! 
Baymule
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YES!!!!!Tell DS you refuse to drive that truck until he changes the starter.....and if he needs it used before then, he can tell GF to do the errand!!
