Today started as usual. Lots of plans and aspirations for to-do list shortening. The to-do list is a fictional character and only exists in my sub-conscious. Things I need to do, should do, can’t get done, the ying and yang of my daily life. Of course, by the end of the day, the to-do list had developed a mind of its own.
Goals for today; Move bull, catch weaning age calves, clear dirt from around terrace tiles, push fallen tree from bean ground, remove loader, get ready to plant beans tomorrow, call hay baling guy so can start mowing hay after bean planting, call corn haulin guy so can start emptying bin… ”Thanks ,to-do list, I will get right on it!”
Actual day; Put loader on tractor, move corral to other pasture, set up corral, push dirt in terraces, break hydraulic cylinder on loader, take broken tractor back to machine shed, get text message from brother-in-law requesting I go fishing, catch cattle in corral, sort out cows leaving bull and calves, try to keep bull from jumping out of corral with stick, run to get trailer before bull gets out, recieve text from brother-in-law asking why I can’t go fishing, get cattle trailer, change flat tire on trailer, load bull in front and calves in back, drop off calves,
You lookin at me?
take bull to new bunch of cows, remove broken cylinder from tractor, another text message from brother-in-law “can I go fishing tomorrow”, call baler guy and tell him I have no idea when I can start mowing hay, skip callin corn haulin guy… too late.
I give up on the to-do list for today. I have already doubled its content for tomorrow! Back at home, I have a good meal prepared by Honey Bunches. She tells me my cows were eye-ballin her today. She thinks they only like me because I am a man. Maybe it’s because I brought the bull over! Time to work on to-do list for tomorrow…
Text brother-in-law, inform him I might go fishing, ask later.
