Now I'm not one to complain about my shitty problems unless I can make folks laugh😂. Yesterday was about to be a day I would just over look, as best I could, and move on. This morning I got my laugh.
Change in meds, Wednesdays sadness and now the hatred of our country and many things happened to other folks that started my downward spiral. Thursday night I got the call, my run-in shelter for the pasture was finished and they wanted to deliver Friday. I was instantly happy it was about time being 6 weeks late and instantly pissed. The pasture was dry and there wouldn't be a problem delivering the shed. 2 weeks earlier I told the Amish builder that they needed to get the run-in done because when the rain started they could not deliver because of the mud. Again I was promised by the end of Oct. Fingers crossed the rain would hold off. Nope that was not to be. Halloween night was the beginning. We had at least 4 good rains with a bunch of long drizzles. Now there is standing water and mud in the pasture. The delivery folks wanted to deliver any way thinking we could make it happen and it was going to rain again next week.
I love grass and with all my critters I have less and less. My plan was to block off the newer grass area in the pasture during the Spring to keep the grass back there. Well the run-in was delivered not exactly where I wanted it but it's done. I can only hope one of the critters don't fall in any of those ruts, I may not find them till Spring.
On top of all that 1 of the Emus got frightened with all the commotion and jumped the fence. GAWD! I didn't know if I was going melt down right on the spot as that Emu was doing 50 mph straight into the woods. I knew I needed to stay with the delivery folks and help but Damn how am I going to get that Emu back. About an hour later she showed up and I begin prep work to get her back. Nope that just sent her back into the woods. I tried again later that day when she came back. I hate to keep doing the same thing with out results. Hell I live on an island she will end up back here again.
It was a long drawn out process to get chains off the wheels of the truck and the trailer/tools taken care of so they could leave. The whole time I was scanning the woods hoping I would see the Emu.
She showed up just as they where about to leave. The sound of the truck and mud being slung around sent her back into the woods. It's now been 3 hours and she is stressed and Hell so am I.
I went in the house made coffee and warmed up as I scanned the internet for Emu sightings. It was hard to keep my butt in the chair as all I wanted to do was go window to window around the house looking out for her.
4:30 came quick and feeding and putting up the critters for the night was my last hope of getting her before night. She did show up for dinner time but she was not going to eat if she could see me. Now she is totally camouflaged when she gets a few feet in the woods. I gave up as I would never find or get her that night. I was out trying to photograph the Northern Lights and scanning the woods with my gazillion lumens flashlight. Nothing, I believe she found a place to hide and layed down.
I went to bed early as the worries were making me sick. I woke early just as the daylight was breaking by a knock on my window. I rolled over to see the Damn Emu pecking my window. I all most rolled right out of bed I was laughing so hard. The whole time I was getting dressed I was laughing as it appeared she was hungry and wasn't waiting for me to get up.
I used my handy pink bowl full of food, with a rope to coax her back in the pen. She went without a problem. Now to get her back without getting my ass kicked was the beginning of a great morning. GAWD I'm way to old for this.