At first I typed ‘Drowning.’ Just…Drowning. So dramatic!
Have no fear, I am not DROWNING. Other than in sweat.
I have been drowning in sweat.
Happy 3rd August, Texas!
Do you remember that time I made a comment about it being ‘real’ hot when you have sweat in your eyelids? No? Well I do and I am here to tell you we somehow skipped that phase and went into full on deluge. This is very reminiscent of the awful summer of 2011.
Yes, I know the heat is old news (I am so tired of getting heat advisory warnings every day!), but I needed to set the scene for what I had got to do on Monday.
This is the end result and I am thankfully not sore:
Thankfully for all of us, there are no progress photos! Ain’t nobody wants to see that! The amount of sweat was surprising to me. I have never sweated that much in my life. It felt like a spigot had been turned on. I started a little after 6 AM and finished before 10. All still morning and in shade. I was not in any hurry other than to finish before my shade ran out. I took many hydration breaks.
84 bales of hay unloaded and crammed stacked into the feed room for winter feels like winning. Anybody who cares for livestock in the winter knows how great this feels. Even if you were completely soaked through with sweat when you were only half way finished. Exhausting work, but it is the most satisfying work at the same time. It is a joyful chore for such a blessing. An even bigger blessing given the drought situation. Hopefully I will not have to use any of this hay before December.
Actual footage of me when I turned around after the last bale was loaded in:
You know it really is dry and HOT when the weeds and trees even look hot.
Anyway, I feel like a kid on the last day before summer or winter break and it is not just because I finally got this important chore off the list.
Why, you ask? Oh, I dunno, because I get to do something exciting soon. Go somewhere exciting soon.
Way to bury the lead, huh?!
You will just have to wait and see!
Walk in love, dear readers! More to come!
There is nothing more satisfying than a stocked hay “loft”. I’m waiting for them to realize the heat is going to stay and stop sending those advisories. *sigh*
I mean, we are getting them multiple times a day!
That’s crazy!!
I know!
A stocked (crammed ) hay loft is indeed a great comfort.
Hey, (or Hay) you look like Britney when you were done stacking the loft, LOL. 😊
A few more days, it’ll be September and we can start thinking about that first snow here. But, we have those end of season horse shows on our board and a pair of nationals to contemplate
I know, cool trick, right?! I’m just now seeing this comment. Snow, crazy. I’m just getting giddy that we are supposed to have a slight break in the temps (instead of 100+ we are going to have mid to upper 90s). I long to wear a sweater or a hoodie!