“Much to young to feel this damn old”

Never thought that this song would ever apply to me.  But tonight it has finally hit.  Told brother that since nephew is working twelve hour days that I would come and help farm in any way that i can.  He has been reluctant, but said okay.  He had to go back to work this evening, but  I could work ground, aka driving the big red tractor pulling a disc.  Its been years since I have done that, and at least two years since I have been on a tractor. My absence from that due to my head injury and ongoing workers comp suit pending.  This year with the loss of my dad, I have said the hell with it.

So on this day, I climbed up on a big red tractor and drove around in circles working the dirt to a more plantable texture.  Unfortuneatly the damn field was still pretty wet and I luckily made it thru most of the field before getting buried up to the tractor axles.  Oh boy, fortunealty after using way to much fuel to get out of the mud, I gave up and walked to the truck to go back up to the barn.

It’s my lucky day as nephew was finally home from work and he said he had been stuck many times, and including today while on a job site so he was laughing.  After getting all the equipment unstuck we headed out of the field for the night.  So tomorrow I will be back at it in the morning, after I feed the cows.  If my body will let me out of bed in teh morning.  My body hurt so bad by the time I had gotten back home that I needed to take some medicinal relief and now I feel better.  So now it’s off to bed.

I do have a couple more things to add to this, but I’ll wait to add those tales when I am not so tired.  The only thing that I have to ask is for the prayers for a local deputy sheriff and his family as he died yesterday at the young age of 41 from a heart attack.  So please remember his family at this time and remember to love the ones in you life who matter and don’t let the day go by with out letting them know.  You guys are the best and keeping our spirits up and I know that I can come here and feel like all my dust can settle.  I love you guys and I am thankful for this wonderful friendship and love.  Keep our other friends in your prayers, Flyte who lost all of her life in a flood in Nashville, and now has to rebuild from scratch.  And for Mama Blue who is dealing with the end stages of her mothers life due to alzheimers.  GOd bless them one and all.