Posted by rockyridgefarm on September 25, 2017 at 17:01:02 from (69.131.200.47):
Wish I had a townie job.
Broke my wrist two Fridays ago by being thrown from an ATV while chasing cows that were out in my corn. It really set me off when one of my red angus walked outta my corn field holding an ear of corn in her mouth like a dog holding a bone. That was the third time she had been out THAT DAY! I ran her down, and as I caught her I lost control and the ATV went right while I flew left. I jumped back up, chased down the ATV, and kept up the chase. About ten minutes later, I realized it really hurt to push the throttle. Long story slightly shorter, X-rays showed I broke my Radius bone. Now I have a splint wrapped with Ace bandages. Doc wanted a hard cast, but I want to be able to remove it to shower. He didn't think I could re-injure it with a splint if I was careful.
Now I can't pick eggs. I need to rely on my wonderful wife to get up early and pick eggs until she has to go to her townie job. Then I have to hire some Mennonite kids to pick eggs late morning. Then my kids take over after they get off the bus. Wife grinds feed and moves it with a 60 I can't drive due to the hand clutch. I can't even drive my 6spd manual pickup, so I need to drive hers.
And it gets worse! My mobile seed cleaning business has been pretty quiet for a week, but now I'm getting calls all over. I was in De Soto on Thursday, Ferryville on Friday, and Viroqua and Boscobel on Saturday. I got 1400bu to do in Reedsburg, 1000 bu more to do for the guy in De Soto, and maybe 1000 bu to do in Viroqua again! All with my wife's pickup - sure hope I don't scratch it!
Love having the work, but this wrist is fricking KILLING me! That and since I'm in a sling, I walk different than usual, so my knees hurt too...
But I don't really want a townie job. I just want my wrist to get better (typing with left hand).
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