I would say that this year, spring is having a really tough time springing.
Unfortunately, I was under the weather and missed out on a couple of nice days on the weekend. I came home from work, did my chores and went to bed just after 6 p.m. I woke up for a hot bath and lamb feeding around 10 p.m. and slept until chore time Saturday. Did chores and went back to bed, then slept pretty much all the rest of the day.
I had big plans to work on my income tax, sort cows into breeding groups and get the calves and yearlings boostered up with their vaccines. None of that happened. I made myself stay awake on Sunday and hauled a couple of loads of hay and feed for the cows again.
I can never just get a regular cold; I get it so bad that I can barely function. I have tried all the remedies and drugs, and I am not feeling worse, but I can still barely keep my eyes open. I am not normally a sleeper, so this drives me crazy. I beat myself up when I don’t get my farm work done on time, and it hangs over me like the plague.
It always waits, but that doesn’t make it any easier. I was thinking the entire time that it would be so nice if we had a crew that we could hire to come help with these big jobs. I have friends in southern Ontario who have those options. I sure hope this is not a sign of me getting old.
I have less stuff booked for the evening for the next bit because we are normally busy planting, but things are really going to have to turn around for that to happen. I guess, if nothing else, this is great weather to work on my income tax.
I likely should have stayed away from the Station at least another day, but it is hard to explain to the students what to work on, so I came in and am trying to stay clear of them both. I know that we did learn from COVID times that we should stay home when we are sick and not share our germs. We forget these things quickly. The land was nearly ready to go, but the weather wasn’t. A friend of mine told me, “You farm by the weather, not by the calendar.”
I have wonderful students, and they have been so busy with multiple jobs. I always feel like the luckiest person to get to spend the summer with two young people. They have been ploughing through our list and should be in a good spot once the weather takes the right turn.
I wrote my pesticide licence last week and should be good for another five years. I was thinking that it might be my last time, because in five years I hope to be a full-time stay-at-home mom. I also had plans to update my environmental farm plan on Friday night and Saturday morning, but because I felt like death, I missed out on that.
I will tackle that job, but it will be on the back burner until my income tax is finished and sent. I think I mentioned that I had done some painting at my house, and then I had a friend install a new countertop in my bathroom, and now the sink looks terrible, so that needs to be changed.
After painting, I decided it was time to get rid of the vertical blinds that are never used. I took them down, and my friends surprised me with beautiful wood valances! They used wood from my farm (stored in my Christmas shed), and they look awesome!
