First Day on My Own

 Kyle headed out to Florida Tuesday morning.

He packed up his little car on a UHaul trailer.

The first time he's done a bumper pull with the 450.

He is heading south to sell his truck and help Rod

finish up the sale of the house and move back.

I expect he will be gone about 6 weeks.

Beau and I are here on our own.

When I was at the farm with Kyle on Monday,

I cleaned out the Trooper a little so I could sit in it.

And look what I found.

He always shows up just when I need him.

Behold the turtle! He makes progress only

when he sticks his neck out!

Mom bought that for me when I moved out into the little

basement apartment in Calgary.

She was TOTALLY against me moving, 

and then gave me this as a way of letting me know that

she supported my decision and recognized my need

to get out on my own and GROW.

I've hung him in my room and used him as motivation

when I got a new job, calling, anything hard.

THANK YOU MOM!

I'm going to be fine.

So I did my first day at the farm by myself.

I'm not as good at it as Kyle, and I didn't get out there

as early as I had planned, since I wanted to stay and see

Kyle off on his journey, so I was only out there for about 

4 hours. I only did 2 tanks (he usually does 3 or 4, but he

also stays ALL day...)

I was trying to take a picture of the volunteer

sunflowers coming up in the ditch.

But you can also see Wilson (the watering tractor)

in the background and the large circle of water he puts down.

We did a BUNCH of hoeing on Monday (and I did more

on Tuesday) so where he is, is all crop.

There is still a LOT of weeding to do, but its a start.

Meanwhile, our little house is coming together.

I went to the storage unit after the farm and picked up

one of the end tables we used to use in the living room.

The one I was using was too short so when I had

a lamp on it, the shade was in the way and I couldn't

see Kyle in his chair.

This gets the lamp out of the way.

And then I moved the one we were using into the bedroom

since it matches the one I was using on my side of the bed.

I should have turned on the other lamp, but I was getting

ready for bed and I just didn't.

As long as I was taking pictures this morning,

I decided to take one of the cute kitchen door

curtain I got last week.

The sunflower is the Kansas State Flower.

They are EVERYWHERE.

This week I'm going to plant a bunch in the

side of the garden we aren't using.

I wish I could till it up first, but I can't

change the implements on the tractor.

It will be fine.

The only room in the house that isn't "cute"

is my office. It's cute, its' just messy.

I don't know how to make the desk NOT

messy, there is just stuff I need when I teach.

And chords. LOTS of chords.

Ugh.

Anyway.

I am subbing this morning.

Was supposed to be off today, but Beth,

the morning teacher just got back from 3 weeks

in Europe and opened her mail.

She has jury duty today!

So I'm covering for her.

And she caught a bad cold, so isn't have a

procedure on Friday morning, so I'm NOT

teaching Friday morning.

Nice to have a flexible life.

Anyhow.

Gonna eat my bacon and eggs

and get the day started.