Prepared for Turkey Day: who will feed the crits?
This morning Roger had another appointment with the Doc. Good thing was he could drive himself. I called him in to the kitchen to talk about it for a moment before he left. I asked him to ask the Doc when he could get back to doing his chores. Roger got angry with me immediately and started making excuses, but I cut him off and repeated that I just want to know when. He got more agitated and blurted out that the Doc had already told him it would take 4 to 6 weeks. I was surprised Roger already knew this since I had asked him about 100 times. Now I realized that each time he had merely changed the subject. I then said, if it is going to be another month, we need to figure out how to get you back to your parents in Arkansas while you are laid up so I don't feel like I am being used. This really hacked him off and he said he would just live in his truck. He was muttering something about planning to make it up, but he would just live in the truck... blah, blah, blah... as he slammed the door. This was the first time I ever heard about any kind of plan to make it up to me.
John and I talked about it after he was gone. It takes character to admit there is a problem and you need help. Roger was not able to come to me and say, "Hey, I am going to be laid up for 6 weeks and I will need to make my time up... can we make a plan?" Instead he was trying to sneak by, lay on the couch for 6 weeks and think I wouldn't notice. Lying by omission is still deception.
Well, it might be cold living in a truck, but hey, if you can't talk nicely to the people who own the couch you want to inhabit, well, trucks are a handy alternative. Meanwhile I have figured out how to manage feeding my horses when I have to be gone.
I arranged to have Lylbun the electrician come down and stay over Thanksgiving, so come Wednesday, John and I will head down to Socorro for the turkey fest. On my waitress days, I can feed at 4:45 a.m. and then again at 8:30 p.m. They'll live.
The weather in NW New Mexico has been fabulous this last week. John and I saddled the mules and went riding on Sunday. We rode to a new side canyon but quickly got boxed out when we tried to ride along the higher ground. Next time we go, we know we have to stay in the bottom of the wash for the first half mile. Cracker Joe, the little hotrod, was doing great until he decided to try out some bucking maneuver when I insisted on walking on the way home. I managed to hold on and it was all over about about 100 yards down and across a deep dip. There is a reason I like my personal protective equipment!
Let me know what your plans for Turkey Day are...
Yrs,
JRW
John and I talked about it after he was gone. It takes character to admit there is a problem and you need help. Roger was not able to come to me and say, "Hey, I am going to be laid up for 6 weeks and I will need to make my time up... can we make a plan?" Instead he was trying to sneak by, lay on the couch for 6 weeks and think I wouldn't notice. Lying by omission is still deception.
Well, it might be cold living in a truck, but hey, if you can't talk nicely to the people who own the couch you want to inhabit, well, trucks are a handy alternative. Meanwhile I have figured out how to manage feeding my horses when I have to be gone.
I arranged to have Lylbun the electrician come down and stay over Thanksgiving, so come Wednesday, John and I will head down to Socorro for the turkey fest. On my waitress days, I can feed at 4:45 a.m. and then again at 8:30 p.m. They'll live.
The weather in NW New Mexico has been fabulous this last week. John and I saddled the mules and went riding on Sunday. We rode to a new side canyon but quickly got boxed out when we tried to ride along the higher ground. Next time we go, we know we have to stay in the bottom of the wash for the first half mile. Cracker Joe, the little hotrod, was doing great until he decided to try out some bucking maneuver when I insisted on walking on the way home. I managed to hold on and it was all over about about 100 yards down and across a deep dip. There is a reason I like my personal protective equipment!
Let me know what your plans for Turkey Day are...
Yrs,
JRW
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I am hoping you will pop in here at Belen. This Thanksgiving it is just me, Nicole, Lauren (my daughter). I invited the ex-since he annually whines about not being invited and word is-he is uncomfortable at my house. See-it pays to have 6 dogs and 1 very large cat!!!!!
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