Today was a hot, humid, miserable day. I would have loved to have spent the whole day hiding inside, but of course, that didn't happen. I got some done, but not as much as I wanted.
Today for work, I only had to feed horses, clean the waterers, clean the stalls, and run the manure spreader. Took me less than 2 hours. And of course, since it was a nice day, I rode my bike. I actually got cold coming home, so I pulled over, and put on a jacket.
Once home, I did some dishes. It's been hard to do them lately. The kitchen faucet has been broken. We got a new one, just didn't get it in. So today, I took everything out from underneath the sink, and we got the new faucet in. I've been telling my OH for years that I need a shelf under there. He said he'd put one in today, so I didn't put anything back. He didn't put a shelf in. Why am I not surprised? So, I didn't put the stuff away. I'll do it in the morning cuz I don't feel like tripping over it anymore.
Once that was done, I did a few errands for hubby. Until he has his operation, and recovers, I don't know how much he's going to be able to do. He's in almost constant pain, so I didn't mind too much doing the errands for him. I had just 2 small problems. He needed gas for tomorrow, so I took his vehicle-no AC, and I hadn't had any lunch. I grabbed a bite while I was out.
I got home and he was asleep. So, I jumped in my truck and headed out. I found a place just 5 minutes from my house w/hay for sale for $2.50 a bale! They told me if I wanted to get a sample to stop in today. Only problem being, they forgot they were going to a BBQ. So I get there, and there's no one there. But, from what I could see of the hay, it looked decent. So tomorrow, I'm going to get 30 bales. I throw out a bale to the horses in the afternoon. If they like it, I'll get 30 more on Wednesday and stop going to the hay auction for square bales. The problem w/the hay there is, it's hit or miss. Sometimes I'll get hay that looks and smells great, and the horses will turn their noses up at it. I've long said if I could find a place to get decent hay at a decent price, I would. This will save me a ton of time as well as make my life so much easier.
I come back home. By now, it's after 5:00. I'm hungry and still need to go back to the farm to give Stormy his 2nd feeding. So, I grab a hot dog, slice up a cucumber and some grape tomatoes, and mix those 2 together for a salad. I ate that, then went to the farm.
RU is away. I give Stormy his food, then head over to check the mares. They're out of water. So, I put the hose in the tub, go back to the faucet and turn it on. I look to be sure the hose didn't come out-it will do that at times, then go and do everything else I need to do. I get done, head back to check on the water, and notice that the mares are fighting over the water. I was shocked. I expected the tub to be at least 1/2 filled. So, I walk over to it. (I have to go thru another field to get to it.) The water was coming out at a trickle. They were sipping it up as quick as it came out. I checked the connection and couldn't find a problem. I checked as much of the hose as I could see for kinks, no kinks. But, this hose is not the greatest, and has a ton of leaks in it. I'm wondering if that was the problem. PT is there, so I had her hook up another hose while I took the other end and walked to the tub w/it. Once I had the end in, I had her turn it on. The water came gushing out.
While I was messing w/the hose, I noticed some chicken feathers. The feathers looked like they were from one of KN's chickens, G. So I started to look. And I found G in the run it. She wasn't moving much. I went in, she tried to get away, but didn't do a very good job of it. I was able to catch her quite easily. She's now in a little cage w/food and water. As soon as I put the water in, she started to drink it.
By this time, almost all of the mares had had enough to drink. I waited for a mini mare to finish getting a drink, then turned the hose off and headed home. I was almost home when the lady I was supposed to get the hay from called. Of course, I couldn't really talk while riding the bike, so I answered it and said just a minute, I'm wearing a motorcycle helmet, then took it off, and was able to talk to her. While I was on the phone, I had 2 guys stop and ask if I was OK. I thought that was nice of them.
I got home, it was much later than I had hoped to be home. I had wanted to get my hay shelter all cleaned out. I'll be doing that tomorrow instead. I was able to clean up my pool a bit, start filling it w/water and weed for a bit. Now, I'm almost ready to go to bed. Hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to get a bit more caught up.
Racing to get insurance specifications taken care of on the farm, and racing to get DD's room transformed into something liveable BEFORE she gets home, plus working several jobs this week. 
I swear I dunno how the crap you run like this all the dang time!!!
Those RBs are horrible to pick up! I got the first one up w/almost no problem. It went to the goats. Then I go for the 2nd one. I don't know how long I worked trying to get that one picked up, I just couldn't do it. So, I pushed it w/the tractor. I was able to push it thru the gate and into the field it needed to be in . There was just one more RB. I had to knock it over, but was able to pick it up w/out many problems. I had to take it down the road, then down the lane and thru the field for the mares.
