Last Monday my Aunt had (unexpected) heart surgery, but she is doing just fine now. My mom has been playing "phone tag" from Texas back and forth to everyone. Us kids text the message to each other when we'd find out info. It's faster and we can usually sneak a text at work (versus a phone call). ;-)
We got Jared back to the airport Sunday, it seems they had overbooked his flight. Military got first priority--I imagine there was some ticked off people because of it.
My truck decided to go wonky about 50 miles from home. At one point it wouldn't go into 4th gear, and then it decided to be somewhat normal. (I just didn't want to be stuck in say 2nd gear--that would be a slow trip home!!) So it sits in the driveway as mechanic Pat figures out if he wants to tackle the project or not. (Doubtful since his back is still messed up!) Whatever it is, it's internal, meaning the transmission has to come out--bah!!
And as usual the Military is changing plans/orders on Jared again (driving me bonkers in the meantime!!) I'm learning to just roll with it, slowly but surely! (I think!!)
Kyle and I are sharing the big truck for now--what fun--NOT! We work totally different hours, good thing his girlfriends' dad trusts him to drive the GF's car on occasion! (He drives it like he's driving Miss Daisy!! HA HA)
School doesn't start back up until Thursday, so that is a help.
The weather has been decent, it's been years since we've had such a mild winter. It makes me wonder what spring (storms) will bring! Yikes?!! We are getting dry, and on the drought monitor, the 'abnormally dry' is slowly creeping our way. Ugh.
I am getting anywhere from 2-5 eggs a day, the hens are still ticked at me for penning them up. I have seen two chicken hawks (think they are red-tailed hawks?) flying over and/or sitting in the cedar tree just above the pen. I knew there was one hawk, but the other night I saw two. Sometimes I don't realize one is in the tree until it flies off when I go out to the shed.
I have a tarp over the top of the coop, so it would be hard for it to get any chickens. Thank goodness I haven't had any chicken (missing) issues with hawks for awhile......
Black calf isn't limping anymore, he's feeling better. I've stopped soaking his foot, but he didn't seem to mind it at all! Yesterday not once, but twice he head-butted Nessa off "his" hay pile. She weighs three times as much as him!
I'm pretty sure I have a pasture lined up for the steers, just need to go out and access/fix the fences. It's not in too bad of shape, it just needs a bit of TLC. (and some elbow grease!) :)
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