Day from h3ll

[rrlund]

I owned property in Paradise TX at one point in my life. Even though it was Paradise, it was hot as hell in August. LOL

Wouldn't be so bad to spend summers in Paradise Michigan in the UP and winters in Paradise Texas.

 

[Randyscottsboro]

"May the bird of paradise fly up your nose."

 

[showcrop]

I've been getting better health wise, or I like to think I am. Did some trail maintenance yesterday. Not much, a couple hours with the chainsaw and weed whip. Managed to whoop my own arse. Muscle cramps from head to toe. Hands so cramped I had to pry the fingers open to stop the pain and it still didn't stop. Get up in the middle of the night to nnalert and legs cramp up. Insoles cramp up so bad I had to stand on my feet to straighten them out. I'm telling myself it's a good thing....I'm building muscle mass like the doc wants me to. The up side? I'm still here to nnalert about it. Thanks for listening.

Muscle spasms are due to lack of magnesium.

 

[Jimmydog]

Muscle spasms are due to lack of magnesium.

Thanks showcrop, I'm probably low on that too. I had a week or two where I was dead beat and in a funk, couldn't get motivated; I started on some electrolytes and was feeling better in a day or two. They said my blood serum potassium was at the max but in serum measurements don't mean much when it comes to potassium. I'll check what all is in the supplement, I've only been using it sparingly for about a week now.
Older I get the more I got to pay attention to these things. I use to be invincible.

 

[Ray,IN]

Sounds like you're young and never farmed for a living. What you describe sounds like an average day before I even get out the door to do chores. If I could write all of this stuff down in a self deprecating way, I could probably make good money as a writer. God knows I'd never run out of material.

Last Tuesday for example: My son wanted me to come down before he went to work and move some sand so they could set cement forms for his new shop. I had a short board meeting at the township hall at 10 to sign some forms. I went to the barn first thing to check on things and there was a 15 month old heifer that wasn't supposed to even be bred, laying there straining to have a calf. I went to get the tractor and mixer in to the bunker silo to load feed and there was a flat rear tire on the tractor.

I threw in the towel and went and moved the sand. I told him to come home with me and get the heifer in to the pen where the chute is. We got her in and left her and we hooked the mixer to another tractor. It didn't have a tongue jack and the wodow maker jack kept tipping over, so I put the loader bucket in the back of the mixer to hold the tongue up. I got cattle fed, made it to the meeting and when I got home, the heifer was still standing up and not doing anything.

I started hauling hay and at about 1, the wife came out to the barn and said the heifer was laying down straining and she could see something there. We went in and got her in the chute, then worked for a solid hour getting a chain on the calf, hooking a log chain to a pole and pulling with a come-along. We pulled the heifer's head right out of the head chute, but put a bar in behind her to hold her. Inertia was getting to me and I was a sweaty bloody mess, but we got it out and it started breathing.

I finished hauling hay, then beat the tractor tire down and got it off the rim. The calf still wasn't up after supper. I could barely get out of my chair. being 71 will do that to you I guess. I mixed up some colostrum and tried to bottle feed it, but it wouldn't suck so I tubed it, then went straight in and took a shower. I was finally in my recliner and didn't want to move the rest of the night. Think that happened? You're funny of you think so. One of my wife's friends called at twenty minutes to nine and asked if I could come and help her son unload a refrigerator when he got home. I told her I had taken a shower and would have to get dressed. She said he really needed the truck to go to work the next morning. I told her to call when he got there and I'd come down. She finally called at ten after nine and I had to go manhandle a refrigerator.

Wanna hear about Wednesday now?

Beats a boring day though_.

 

[showcrop]

Thanks showcrop, I'm probably low on that too. I had a week or two where I was dead beat and in a funk, couldn't get motivated; I started on some electrolytes and was feeling better in a day or two. They said my blood serum potassium was at the max but in serum measurements don't mean much when it comes to potassium. I'll check what all is in the supplement, I've only been using it sparingly for about a week now.
Older I get the more I got to pay attention to these things. I use to be invincible.

My wife likes studying that stuff. She lines my evening and morning supplements up for me.

 

[rrlund]

Beats a boring day though_.

I wouldn't know what that even is. Is it when everything that goes wrong happens so often that it's just become mundane and common?