November 17, 2007

• Another Adjustment

  Here it is Saturday morning and he’s off to work.  Not mandatory or anything and we certainly can use the money.  For the first time in our married life we have had a savings account and something to put into it and of course we can’t keep it.  We have to use that to live because he had been out of work for so long.  So now he works on Saturday so we can put back that money.  Also we have to be able to pay the school taxes in the spring.  We have no idea what they are going to be since the barns all burned to the ground.  Less we know but by how much? 

  So here is the dilemma:  a man is coming this morning at 11:00 to buy 20 bales of baleage and Matthew and I have to load it and make sure he doesn’t get stuck in our field.  Pray that it stays frozen until he get done.  (it won’t since it’s supposed to warm up before then, I checked)  It’s opening day of dear season and I would have liked to go out but I have to stay here to make sure that Matthew and Mary-Kate get up and do their chores.  They don’t always do that on Saturday because they are normal teenagers and like to sleep in on Saturday. 

  Then I have to take Mary-Kate to organ in Utica and make sure that Matthew cuts enough corn for the pigs while I am gone without getting hurt.  He has to use a tractor (4 wheel drive) in a very wet field and a corn knife (very sharp).  He has to make several trips because he can’t take the spreader that we are using for a trailer into the field because he will get it stuck.  All the while I will be worrying about him getting hurt and stuck.  I don’t like it when things are all up to me.  Doug will be at Ferris working and Ian will be a Buddy’s working.  If something happens who do I call?

  After all that they want me to take them to Syracuse, 30 miles away to see  the new movie Bella with their friends.  Now I don’t mind that but by that time it will be getting dark, (I don’t drive well in the dark) and the theater is in a mall (I don’t do malls).  Oh well, what we do as mothers is unconscienable.  I also have to make sure that a meal is gotten so that Doug is nourished when he gets home from work and I want to go to confession tonight. 

  I think I should start praying now that everything goes smoothly and get ready to go to 8:00 Mass.  That should help.  Now I’m not usually such a whiner but I didn’t sleep much last night (which is no excuse I know) and I’m tired and that always makes me anxious.  Please God give me the strength to get through this day.  I surely could use my big soldier son around to help.  (not with all the driving!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) He would be a big help with Matthew in the corn field though.

  Hope that you were warm last night.  We got over an inch of snow last night.  The kids will be very excited when they wake up and find it out there. 

  Have to go and get ready to go to Mass.

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