Hey Darlin’,
Had a decent night sleep, even with the napping I did yesterday afternoon, woke up feeling a lot better. Still got kind of a slow start, but I stacked up some posts with a plan do as much of the red trail on the west side as I could, including the new little section I just found a few weeks ago. I just read something yesterday that described my day perfectly, “Man plans, God laughs.” I managed to get the first post in perfectly fine, then I moved to the next post, only to discover that the post hole digger had fallen off somewhere. I had put a nail in it to hold it temporarily, but I knew that wouldn’t be enough and intended to buy a couple of big cotter pins, but apparently I forgot. By the time I realized the problem, I had backed up over my PTO shaft, which had dropped down. Fortunately, it didn’t hurt the shaft, and I was able to straighten out the plastic cover, but the coupler was irretrievably bent, so no more hole digging until I get a new one. Tough trying to get the digger back on its frame, though, and I lost both pins at one point, so I ended up using a piece of palm front, would you believe! I managed to shove it through the holes on both sides of the main hitch pin and it actually held the rest of the way! I staged the rest of the posts, and drove down the teal trail to confirm the placement of the next batch of posts, and got back to camp by about 12:30. Fortunately, a new coupling is only about $70 from Tractor Supply, so I ordered one, it will take a few days to get here. I spent the rest of the afternoon working on the final shape files for the new map, just double-checking everything to make sure they’re right before I send them to James, though I nodded off for a bit this afternoon as well. It’s that tropical pattern, I think, siesta in the afternoon, though I don’t plan on staying up that late at night! Settled down for the evening, now I’m more than ready for my shower and bed. Good night, sweetheart! Love you!
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