Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Mike CHS]

Right now we have one that is 5 acres, 3 acres and 4 1/2 acres. I just about double that with the electric netting and we will be doing one other that will be about 3 acres which will be the boys pen. We have an additional 10 acres adjacent to what was our dry lot.

 

[Baymule]

Your fencing is looking good. I know what ya'll are going through! Watch the heat, you don't want to overdo things. I know when my husband has had enough and I tell him "You're done. Time to quit."

 

[Mike CHS]

I guess it takes the women in our lives to let us know when we are being silly. I was nauseous yesterday morning and then felt light headed off and on through the day. Teresa called EMS on me about two this morning since I had all of the signs of heat exhaustion which I won't describe. My BP been as low as 75 over 50 when I checked it yesterday and the EMS got a reading of 90 over 60 so it was low but not dangerously so. The bed was soaked.

Anyway, no fencing today and we may reschedule our Florida trip depending how I feel today. The one good thing out of all of this is Teresa is going to have the boys dig up the rest of the potatoes so we don't have to. I'm not sure that could be considered cost effective but it gets the spuds out of the ground.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Tsk, tsk, tsk! MEN!!

The wife in me wants to fuss at you, lol... but since I'm not YOUR wife I'll keep my mouth shut!

Seriously glad you're ok! And, I'm sure Teresa will tell you that you need to recover fully before getting back in that heat again. An acquaintance had a serious heat issue last year and ended up in the hospital on dialysis because his kidneys shut down. It's nothing to fool around with for sure!

Take care of yourself! (and listen to your wife)

(sorry if that sounded a little bit like fussing!)

 

[CntryBoy777]

It has been my experience, that once the heat "Touches" ya, it doesn't take as much to get ya again. Immodium AD will aid that situation ya didn't want to detail. Those taters aren't worth the "Sun Stroke", so paying to have them dug seems like a savings and worth it to me....take care of yourself and quit pushing yourself like ya was 40yrs old....

 

[Baymule]

Yup! Time to cozy up to the ol' AC unit and sip on some iced tea. A heat stroke just ain't worth it, that work will still be there when you are wiped out and in the hospital-so killing yourself to get it done is not the smartest thing to do. You listen to Teresa and take care of yourself.

 

[Mike CHS]

All advice will be heeded. That was a first for me and I have no desire to do it again. BP is back up a little and I'm not feeling light headed anymore.

 

[Mike CHS]

We just got back from Florida a few minutes ago. The trip down got delayed almost 3 hours because of a big accident on I-75 south of Gainsville, FL. The long delay was limping along at almost zero speed to get to an exit so we could detour around the accident and get on the way. We had some good family time and headed back home this morning and hit our exit exactly on the GPS original estimate in spite of some severe weather about half of the way.

I need to file a reminder to myself that if you are transporting a golf cart on a trailer at highway speeds, you need to spend more time securing the windshield so it doesn't crack into three pieces. We use our rough shaped cart for work and it has a good windshield so we will put that on the newer one.

Our neighbor left the same day that we did and when we pulled into the driveway there were 14 deer grazing toward our place. Laying down on the horn reminded them that they aren't welcome and they ran away.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Glad ya had a good and safe trip, down and back. I know it feels good to get back and relax a bit....

 

[Bruce]

Glad your trip went well, other than the accident delay and windshield incidents. At least it wasn't the windshield on your towing vehicle!