A Busy Week

Whew, what a week!  Do you ever have those weeks that just seem to be a whirlwind and you feel like you can finally breathe when it is Friday?  Well that was this week for me! Brad is still busy in the fields.  He is planting soybeans now, but still working very long hours which leaves me to play “single mom”.

Monday is typically a busy day for Claire and me; groceries, laundry and dinner to the fields.  But this week we also added in a couple hours of running around for my veterinary technician job.  We drove 35 miles in one direction to pick up special milk and ice cream, and 60 miles in the other direction to pick  up logo t-shirts.  Then we had to find a place to store all the goodies until we would use them for our special community event on Tuesday.


Claire meeting a chicken.



Claire visiting with the goats.  Thanks to my mom for taking
Claire around while I was working :)

Tuesday I worked, but it felt more like play than work.  This was our 5^th year that Apple Grove Veterinary Care has hosted a Community Youth Day.  A completely free event for anyone to attend; young or old.  We have a few stations inside, where kids get their own stethoscope to take home, listen to a dog’s heartbeat, stop at stuffed animal surgery, and get a quick tour of the veterinary clinic.  Then outdoors there is a petting farm.  This year we had lambs, goats, a calf, alpacas, a mini horse, chickens, and ducks.  There was even a station where kids could learn how to milk a cow.  And to finish off the event….ice cream sandwiches and milk!  It is so much fun to watch all the kids and adults enjoy themselves. 




Claire really excited about the alpacas!

Wednesday I also worked at the veterinary clinic.  A normal routine for me, but we all seemed a little tired after the big event the day before.

Thursday we got rain.  Which we needed, but didn’t really welcome it since we still have planting to do and you can’t plant when the fields are wet.  The best part of the rain was that Brad was home.  And, oh how Claire missed her Daddy and enjoyed having him home!  We didn’t do anything exciting, just hung out together inside, but that is just what we needed after a busy couple weeks of only seeing each other in the fields.

Claire spending some quality time with
Brad on a rain day.

Now that the rain has stopped its back to work to finish up soybean planting.  And then we really can say “whew”, and sit back and watch the crops grow!