Chapter 3
HELP!! HELP!! HELP!!
CALL MY CASE WORKER!!
CALL CHILD SERVERSES!!
MOM LEFT ME IN THE TRAILER AT OVER 100 °F ALL DAY.
Well - it actually wasn’t all day, I guess maybe it was just 3 or 4 hours. Well - actually it was probably less than an hour. Then it was back into the truck and into town to fill the water tank in the trailer. Back to the ranch and pump the water from the trailer to the stationary tanks. A second trip and we were done. It was then that mom realized how hot I was.
Mom immediately stripped me down and put me in front of the portable swamp cooler. I spent the next 2 hours parked in that chair. Not that I minded the cool air, but it was sure a pain in my bottom. While sitting in a cool breeze was really nice, I wanted to get out and do some topless soaking up of a little sun. Mom wasn’t going to let me because of how hot I’d been. It took a lot of pleading but mom finally agreed to let me out in the sun for a few minutes, so here we go.
If you look where I’m pointing you can see our nearest neighbor. It’s just about a mile to drive there, as the crow flies it a little over 1/2 a mile. If you look between me and the neighbor you can see some of the trees than mom’s coaxing to grow.
OK mom, I’m ready to get down.
Are you kidding? What do you mean jump? You see these tender feet, and you see that rocky, gravely stuff you’re walking on. What did you call it, - oh yeah, sage brush and kitty litter.
This is mom’s little trailer, where she stays when she’s here overnight.
And on this shot I’m sitting on the hood of mom’s truck. Actually this is mom’s middle truck. I don’t know, mom has 3 trucks, a little one, a middle one, and a big one. Why 3 trucks? You’d have to ask mom.
Well, we’re done for this trip, we filled the water tanks, the damaged irrigation tubing was repaired, and mom found a problem with her program that keeps the trees watered. So it’s time to go home.
“Wait a minute mom. My sun glasses are in with the computer.”
“Silly child, your sun glasses are next to you, on the bag with your clothes.”
“OOPS. Sorry mom.”
“OK mom, we’re ready to go home.”
“Well thank you for giving me your permission.”
“I didn’t mean it like that.”
“I know you didn’t, silly. You going to stay awake for the drive home?”
“Sure thing mom - um, how long is it going to take to get home?”
“About 3 & 1/2 hours, just like it took to get here.”
“And we’re going to stop in Snowville for gas?”
“Yes we are.”
“OK, I’m good. 3 & 1/2 hours, no problem”
“Right, and we’re off.”
Hi folks, I guess the heat and running all day took it’s tole on Eili. She only lasted about 30 minutes before she dropped of. Unfortunately all the water I had her drink was more than she could handle while she was zonked. I guess I’ll have to get her some protection for next time. Being 16 I’m sure she’ll complain, but she’s a very small 16.
Until next time.