What a Week-end!

Thursday the harvest came to a halt, because one of the big tires on the combine was punctured. It had been a very productive day up to that point. Travis shelled 6ooo bushels of corn that day in spite of a two hour delay to replace a broken belt. They all thought that was a pretty big accomplishment with that little 4 row corn head. Travis and I spent most of Friday trying to get tires. He ended up ordering a new set and thinking they'd not get here until today. What a pleasant surprise when Menn's called and said they had the tires and would get them mounted Saturday. They're back to beans again and if the weather holds, they should finish on beans this week.
Today Wyatt came to "help". He rode in the combine, and then hauled grain with Popo. He even ate some of the beans! He also ate the entire lunch I'd packed for him, which included a peanut butter sandwich, an apple and two cookies. Well, actually he saved one cookie for Travis. He had a pretty big day and was so tired that he fell asleep in the car on his way home.
I spent much of the weekend driving the bus. Friday night I took the Central Lee varsity football team to Durant. We got back to Donnellson at about 1 A.M. and I hurried home to sleep fast so I could be back at school by 6 A.M. to take the middle school marching band to Ottumwa for the Oktoberfest Parade. By the time I got home Saturday evening, I was pretty much good for nothing. I fell asleep quite early and missed the movie Dennis watched. Of course, he might have slept through it too! In fact, I'd almost bet that he did. He probably had his ice cream while watching the movie, and then ten minutes after the bowl was empty, he was probably snoring in his recliner!
On Sunday we went to Mom's for dinner. Mom invited everyone over because Valerie and Shane were here for the weekend. Shane is leaving tomorrow for a six month stint on border patrol. Shane's parents were there also, and we all had a nice visit, and naturally, an excellent dinner! That just about brings us up to date, so now I think I'll go catch up with Dennis and ride along in the grain truck this evening.