Not a lot going on this week. Actually every week for the next couple of months will be pretty close to the same for me, school, work, football. That is pretty much all I do.  Football this year is going to be interesting, we only have ten players and only a few skill players which means we are pretty thin in the ball handling department.  We are having trouble practicing because of the so few players. It is hard to do hitting drills because when you don't have very many players you hit over and over again which is bad because it makes it easier to get guys hurt. Actually, our running back broke his collarbone just last week during a hitting drill. Not only are hitting drills tough but normal practice, like when we are just running through plays, is hard because we don't have enough players to have an offense and a defense which means we are just playing against air. It makes it hard to want to go full speed and give it your all when there is nothing to motivate you.
When I'm not playing football or doing school I'm at work and I don't get to work near as much as I would like to but I do when I can.  Right now we are just finishing up baling prairie hay and the third cutting of alfalfa we just have to finish hauling it all back to the farm. Which is a fun job or at least I think it is, especially when it is hot. Hauling hay involves sitting in a air conditioned cab with a radio and shifting gears. The hardest thing to do is get out and unhook and hook up the hay trailers. We are also getting close to gearing up for fall harvest. It is still a few weeks out but we are all looking forward to it. With all of the rain we had this year and a lot of it coming at very key times during the corn and bean growth cycles this years fall harvest is hopefully going to be really good. We are trying not to count our chicks before they hatch however.

Summer

It had been quite a while since my last post and a ton of stuff has happened although none of it was really anything spectacular. The main thing I've done though is work however since this summer has been sort of strange which has made doing some things rather difficult. With all of the rain we have had it has been hard to do certain things because it was either too muddy or because there was another chance of rain.  When it wasn't raining or to muddy I swathed, raked, and baled hay. Then once all of the brome hay was baled I spent around a week straight hauling hay. I counted one day and figure I hauled somewhere in the area of 250 round bales by myself.  This may not sound like it is very many but when you figure that each baled weighs roughly 1400 lbs. each. Which works out to be 350,000 lbs. of hay. Then once most of the brome was baled it was time to start wheat harvest which thankfully went without any serious breakdowns. Harvest had to be the highlight of my summer and not just because harvest is awesome and lots of fun but because I got to drive one of our semis on the road. I was able to upshift without too much trouble but downshifting and stopping I had trouble with which is probably a bad thing. Well that is a little bit about what has been going on and I will continue to tell you about my summer and what is happening over the next few weeks.