“Pick the day. Enjoy it - to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come... The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present - and I don't want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future.” ~Audrey Hepburn

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Attn Reader: Keep this information to yourself

So yesterday I had the great and very privileged opportunity to go with Mark to his uncle's farm. I got to ride in the combine, go for a nice quading ride, ate some yummy sandwiches, and as Mark and I were in one combine and his brother Ryan in the other. Mark tells me to sit on his lap and he let me drive! Then a few seconds later he slid over and I was driving by myself. Of course Mark was telling me what to do and yadda yadda yadda. Well as the day went on, and as the harvested barley was increasing in size, it came down to it that the full semi's of barley had to be taken back to the old yard to be emptied. But there was a problem, both Mark and Ryan needed to empty the trucks. That meant one thing had to be done....I had to combine all by myself. Ryan asked me if I was okay doing it. I asked Mark if I was okay doing it. Mark gave the okay, I gave the okay, Ryan gave the okay and that's it! I am now a farmer! I picked up the swathed fields and emptied it into the truck all by myself! I cranked up the radio and had an absolute blast. Finally I got the radio that I should go back to the old yard and turn off the combine to have some dinner. After dinner we went back out and combined more. It was a lot of fun!! I got to learn something completley new by a really great teacher!! Now this has to be kept a secret from Mark's aunt and uncle because this is not very good information to let out. But I am blogging about it because there are only TWO people that read my blog, my two oldest sisters! Hello sisters! So here you go Megan, another blog post, and for both of you a good story. Enjoy!