RAMBLING

It's starting to slow down at work now since many of the farmers here have started harvest. It's a nice break from all the chaos when people come in for chemical, have machinery fixed, welding, or looking for nuts and bolts.

I feel bad. Because of work, I didn't get Cassidy into swimming lessons this year. I really wanted her to go. Hopefully next year, if I am still working for Mollers Inc., I can arrange something with my boss so that I can be off work early over the two weeks that swimming lessons are going on. I am hoping by then though that I will be doing medical transcription out of my house.

I took Thursday and Friday off from work because I was supposed to go to the Jeff Dunham show in Fargo. Unfortunately, the friend I was supposed to go with had some employees quit, so he ended up covering their shifts and wasn't going to be able to go. He gave away our tickets to see the sold out show to another friend. I was really bummed, but hopefully I will have another chance to see Jeff Dunham live.

I need to get my butt out and start halter breaking our colt. He is now well over a month old. The fart is getting pretty big. I don't want him to get too much bigger before I begin to drag him around the pasture. I still haven't taken any recent picture of him, which I will have to do soon.

I have had the girls the last few weekends in a row. Darren isn't working in Rolette anymore. He got a job in Minot and was waiting to find a place to live in Minot before he picked up the girls again. I am hoping that he is all settled by this weekend. Rainy and I have plans to spend this coming weekend at Lake Ashtibula out by Valley City. It's going to be just Rainy, myself, and her two boys. I cannot wait!! I haven't been out camping in a long time, and I love to camp!!

So far, my job is going well. I really like it a lot. I hope it isn’t too temporary and I can stay for a while. Some days can be very entertaining when the farmers come in to visit. The gentleman who manages the elevator here in York even brings over ice cream treats to the shop each week. I don’t really need to extra ice cream in my diet, but I don’t say no either.

The girls really like their new day care provider. I had to switch providers because the girls didn’t like going. I really had to fight with them in the mornings to go, and the sitter didn’t really have any other children to watch, so there wasn’t anyone to play with. I am bummed because new day care provider is going to be closed from the 11th to the 17th of this month. She is moving to a new house and the house has to be finished and inspected before she can start running the day care out of it. Anyone want to come and baby sit at my house for me?

Our baby colt isn’t really a baby any more. He is now officially one month old. He is a little spitfire and is constantly running around the pasture. His color has changed. He isn’t black anymore, but has faded to a dark brown and is starting to get more lighter areas on his neck and sides. I believe he is going to look just like his mommy. Because of his change in color, I have been thinking of changing his name from Oreo to Zip. He doesn’t look much like an Oreo now.

My brother, Mike, got a new job. He left Editor of the Towner Country Herald and took a job as sports writer in Jamestown. My mom and Mike went to his place in Jamestown today to finish set up his apartment and to go shopping for whatever he needs. I am going to miss him. We have always been close. I hope I get the chance to go and visit him sometime.

I am already getting super excited for this coming weekend. A friend of mine from Fargo go us tickets to see Jeff Dunham (I KNOW I have talked about it before) and the time is almost here!! The show is Thursday evening and my friend is going to come down to get me and then bring me back Friday or Sat.

Hope all of you have been doing well!! I will be posting some pictures shortly.