Being a Kid Again

You know you’re exhausted when you wake up in the recliner at 2:30am and can’t figure out what day it is. For some reason I thought it was Saturday. Sure makes getting up and going to the paying job that much harder!

I didn’t get out to do chores until after dark. I HATE doing chores in the dark. But it’s ten times worse when there’s a sheet of ice everywhere. By the time I was able to get outside, we had not only freezing fog but drizzle. Normally I wouldn’t have minded but I wanted to get a few things taken care of before this deep freeze sets in.

I went ahead and did my normal chores and then drug out all the hoses to fill tanks. I guess I should be thankful that I can use hoses at the end of January instead of hauling bucket after bucket of water back to the mares and ponies. But after doing chores, I knew it wouldn’t be safe to simply haul water back. We have ice everywhere and some of that ice is super slick.

I will admit that I did act like a little kid for a while last night during chores. After getting all the hoses hooked up and water filling the tanks, I had a bit of time to waste. I should have been working on ground work with one of the horses or doing something, but instead I decided that I would find a really slick spot of ice and slide on it. Yeah, I know, I’m 30-something sliding around on ice for fun. I know it’s silly and I’m glad it was dark and no one around but it did help pass the time away while waiting for the tank to fill. The only down fall of using hoses is that I get wet. I wanted to fill water tanks the night before but I thought I’d be nice and hurry with my chores so Mike could spend some time outside. I’ve learned my lesson there.

By the time I had everyone’s tanks filled to the brim, I was able to wring out water from my gloves. Unfortunately, soaking gloves in dropping temps made me crabby. After getting the hoses drained and collected, I was ready to be done. My hands were freezing. Unfortunately, in my haste to get done with chores, I broke the door to the house. We have to keep the hoses in the basement so they don’t freeze (unless we don’t want to use hoses when the weather breaks). So now I have to figure out how to fix the door before it gets too cold. I swear I tend to break more stuff than fix.

I think we may have missed out on the bad weather. I’m fine with that but it would be nice to get a little bit of snow. Ok, a lot of snow so that it covers up the ice enough so I won’t slip and fall. I am thankful that we are having this type of weather this year instead of last year. Imagine being out on this ice while pregnant. I would have been a total wreck worrying about falling all the time.

I did read that the cold front that’s supposed to blow through should only last a day or two. By the weekend, we’ll be warming up again. Maybe once it warms up, I can get caught back up on a few outside chores I’ve been meaning to do for the past few weeks.