I blame the school dental service for the state of my teeth. They drilled and filled and generally made a mess of them for years and now they are disintegrating, irreparable, past root canals and rebuilding thanks to bad fillings.
Some more had to leave on Monday. You have to love the drugs these dentists have, I don't remember any of it past the time he said he was injecting the stuff into my arm, until he handed husband an envelope of instructions and said I needed to take it easy for a couple of days.
48 hours passed so I figured the taking it easy bit was over and it was alright to go pick up hay last night. Not sure the dentist will approve but someone had to pick it up, it can't just sit there forever.
What a mission! The contractor hadn't had the small baler out so far this year and he did note that some of the first bales were solid. Solid! I can hoist 25kg bag of horsefeed with a minor effort - some of the first 80 bales we picked up I could not move off the ground. They were perfectly dry, as the one that broke open showed, just incredibly densely packed. We sack barrowed them to the end of the hayshed, almost winched them onto the growing stack, swore, had an argument and contemplated shooting all hay eating animals and leaving the darn hay where it sat.
Thankfully it was only the first paddock full, and we started with them so after that things improved.
This morning my mouth is fine but my back is complaining a little and the hay scratches up my arms and legs are irritating.
More to pick up tonight and if the weather holds more on Sunday.
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Who needs a gym when you've got hay to cart?
Haymaking already! wow! But then it's been good weather. At Least you are done and dusted! Now you can relax. We'll bee picking up over Christmas or possible New Year, weather permitting.
It is the first year we've been this early. Not sure it was a good idea, at least when the contractor doesn't get round to it until February you don't have to think about a second cut.
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