We were both up before 5:00 am. Our bodies have finally adjusted to the time change. I went up to the foaling apartment with all the clean laundry then over to the barn at 7:00 am. I just needed to sweep the upstairs bedrooms and then empty the 2 big garbage cans and reline them. As I was bringing the one in the gym into the living area the first of the guests arrived. I explained I was doing last minute cleaning and just finishing up. They had been driving most of the night and were glad to go upstairs to crash in a real bed. At 7:30 am Diane and I walked, the wind was ferocious, blowing against us making the walk difficult. Ruth overslept and decided to just stay home. Joan does not walk on Friday as she has co-op. We made sure to be back at mom's by 8:15 am, the time Joan needs to leave with Berlica and Mackenson. Mom and I had a quiet morning but soon the electricity was flickering then went out all together. Aunt Jinnie called about then and finished reading a book to mom. Jessica and her 2 littles came over for a visit.
At noon Diane arrived to take my place so I went straight over to the apartment to take the sheets out of the dryer, fold them and get them into the closet. It wasn't an easy task as there were no lights. We found out then that a van had smashed into a telephone pole and broke it off. This happened next to Mike and Diane's Hanna City office. The UPS box is at the other end of their parking lot.
Not only was the electricity out it also took out the internet and the estimate for repair was 7:30 pm. As my guests were moving in I had Mark take up 3 of my battery powered lanterns. They arrived while the electricity was still out so I was very glad I had them in and ready for them. Mark left at 11:45 am to pick up Israel from school. He had some projects he wanted to get done. The steps coming down to our patio had both broken off during the winter. Mark and Israel removed the broken ones and replaced them then cleaned up. Below they are just finishing the last pile of debris.
The next job was to go split wood. Mark drove the tractor and Israel drove the golf cart over to the big pile that still needs splitting. They worked for a couple hours until Mark said he had to quit and rest. Israel helped here cleaning up the craft supplies upstairs and also sweeping up more of the Asian beetles. Those seem to be coming out of the woodwork. At least we aren't seeing near as many stink bugs as last year. Mark wanted to rest before taking Israel home Israel went out to play in the new car. He found you can put driving games on the big display and actually use the real steering wheel to play the game.
He already is a good driver using the golf cart. He came in first on both of the games he played.
I decided it was my turn to learn how to drive this self driving car so drove on the way to take hime home. It works, my hands were not needed on the steering wheel so when Ruth sent a text I just picked up the phone and sent her a text back. Then took a selfie of me not driving as the car is barreling down the road with Israel in the back.
I tried shutting my eyes just to see if the car would still go if I was sleeping but after a few seconds it started sending out a signal. Funny, Mark wears glasses and it doesn't seem to know if he shuts his eyes. After dropping off Israel we went to the Mexican restaurant in Chillicothe and split a chicken fajita meal. The pictures below are after we ate as much as we wanted.
Of course we asked for a box and took the leftovers home. When we arrived home the electricity had been turned back on but Mark had left the generator running and that had run out of gas. He had to go switch everything back over and soon I had the last load of laundry getting washed. Tomorrow we have someone coming to look at Disco and he will need a good grooming before they arrive. Now that all of the wedding guests have arrived I am free to work with the weanlings. This morning I was telling Diane I have 8 mares that must come in soon for breeding. Basalea, her daughter Thalia, Rosalie, Valerie, Izzy the gypsy mare and 3 of the Thoroughbred mares. Bulu, Holly and Aiken. We will need to bring in Harli the 10 year old Gypsy mare to make sure she is still pregnant. We also have 3 mares due in April. The first is the Thoroughbred mare Star Temple due April 18th, Blueberry due April 28th, and Rosaleigh due April 29th. I'm going to be very busy!
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