A Hard Year

 Jury's colt didn't make it, his lungs were just not developed enough. Last night he was still belly breathing but I thought it was a little better but I was wrong. Thankfully he just laid down flat, closed his eyes, took his last breath and died peacefully.  It is sure hard to lose a foal we had been waiting for over 11 months. This has been such a hard year for Horsemeister. Jury wouldn't leave his body and was getting very agitated when I tried to take her away from him. It was kinder to leave him with her and let her grieve. When I got home from Berean she was willing to walk away without a fuss. She was put in with Oksana, both of these mares lost their foals this year and both need to be bred back so at least they can be together. I didn't have time to go out to Middle Grove to pick up Indy and her colt but got Jury's colt buried before I needed to be at mom's to relieve Beth. Beth and I took mom to the Berean office this morning and it was good to be there. Mom is put to work on stamping the return address on the envelopes then putting the folded studies in with a self addressed business reply envelope for when we send the next group of studies to the prisoner. If you would like to read about our morning at that office click HERE. We dropped off the 2 boxes of Bibles at the Hanna City post office on our way home. Mom was not hungry for lunch because of the pie so after Beth left we had a late lunch of chicken with fresh tomatoes on grilled Hawaiian rolls, and chips while watching Little House on the Prairie. When Karin arrived she ask Joan and Berlica if they would like to come play games so the next few hours were spent playing Carbols. Joan and I won one game and Karin and Berlica won the other. Dan arrived to check out mom's car. On the way to the Berean office it sounded funny. Dan found that one of the brakes was not working right. That will need to go to Zane's for repair.  When Mark got home tonight we drove up to the 5th wheel to put on a new door lock and left the new key in the lock for the renter.  He actually contacted me asking if he could stay longer but someone else booked the 5th wheel the day he is moving out. I contacted the lady moving in to see if she would be willing to stay in the Salem bhsk but she hasn't responded yet.

If not he is more than willing to move over to that trailer for the one night then back in the 5th wheel. He is working for Cat and the project is taking longer than expected. I've not met him yet as he has been working since he arrived. Joan took the truck and Wildwood trailer to Tri County RV. The slide out is getting hung up and needs adjusting.

They said they could get it fixed before the end of this week. Sure hope it is an easy fix. We really like the slide outs and hope they aren't going to be a problem.                                                                    Mike got an update on Loxley, he is holding his own but not really improving. The stress is causing him to lose his coat, it is coming off in clumps. That will grow back if he can just start improving. Mike is hopeful he can come home by Friday. He has been in that intensive care hospital stall now for 10 days.