RANT ON: I had to work 16 hours yesterday 00:00 to 16:00,off eight hours, which means 6 hours max sleep, and back to work for another 16 hours today. About an hour before I get off the better half calls and tells me that a coworker of her's is coming to get hay and asks what would be the best way to not put ruts (read in it's raining) in the yard. My suggetion was to stay on the driveway and carry the hay. They were only getting 50 square bales and had 4 people to carry it. It was about 100 feet to carry. I get home about 4:15 pm grab a quick sandwhich and get in bed at 4:30 pm. They show up at about 4:45 pm. She tells them to drive thru the yard to get to the barn. Well guess what happens. They get stuck. It has only been raining for the last 2 days. How do I find out that they are stuck, the sound of a truck holding it to the floor. The Einsteins have a full size 4x4 with bald tires and pulling a trailer. Well at this point I look outside to see this thing just tearing the hell out of the yard. The trailer is jack knifed and the truck is just giving it hell forwards and backwards. Blood pressure thru the roof. I get dresses walk outside and hear "he will get you out" from my better half. Blood pressure now sky high. Keep in mind no sleep is coming my way and I might be just a little cranky. As I zip the coat I ask why they decided to come today to get the hay today (in the pouring rain let me remind you), when it has been sunny, dry, and in the 50's for the past week. They said that they were totally out and their hosres were hungry. Boy I guess the horses must have eaten all the hay in one day at their place because I would be able to guess that I was going to run out long before I did. So as I walked to my truck and cursed vigorously they just stood there. I lock the hubs in, fire the old 78 460 4speed with new TSL super swamper on it up and back up to the stuck moron, get a chain hook to my pipe bumper and tell them to hook to their trailer. I get back in the truck put it in 4 low and take the slack out of the chain, about 15 feet, with a 3000 rpm side step of the clutch and drag him back onto the driveway. Oh yeah by the way I was on the limestone driveway so I had great traction. I get out unhook the chain throw it in the bed, pull back into my parking place and head back into the house to try to get some sleep. It takes me about an hour to get to sleep. So needless to say I feel terrible now at work. My 6 hours of sleep went to about 4 hours. Going to be a long day. Have not spoken to the smart one yet. Probably be a couple of days before we do. So now I have a yard that is totally destroyed because of stupidity. It will stay that way unti lshe gets it fixed because I refuse to fix it. Women! Now only 14 hours unti I get off. Rant off.

 

Do you work nights too? Are you on here often during midnight shifts? If so let me know, there is a club of us (so to speak) that are this way.

BTW, I don't have a better half that does this to me but I know the feeling of no sleep and a long shift ahead on limited sleep and people expect something from you during your 8 or 12 hours that you are off before you have to be back.

 

Birdhunter, I work swing shift. Work midnights every third week.

 

I'm on midnights all the time. If I worked swings I'd go nuts, plus everyone else would go nuts trying to keep up with me.

 

I had a couple of tons of 3/4" rock delivered once. I told my wife to have it dumped on the drive. My wife couldn't understand why I wanted it on the drive even after I told her. She told the delivery guy to dump it on the grass. He even asked if she was sure and she said yes. I made her shovel most of that rock into the wheelbarrow. She learned a valuable lesson. -Always do what husband says...

 

Also could be taken as a sign for a need to change things. A working barn needs year round access to it, rain , sleet, snow or shine. Full seasonally used barns with no gravel roads to them, = ruts

 

Feel lucky. My wife recently gambled away all my savings and checking account and then wrote 600$ in bad checks. I can’t work enough hours to pay my bills. Oh yeah, She quit her job too. -30k a year there.

 

Sounds very typical to me. No offense intended, but we still love them. Sometimes, I guess, they just don't see things in progression. This is why it is done like this so that this and this are easier or more practical. My wife has a tendency to take a short cut in the beginning only to make things harder in the end. I'm more of a "do it right the first time" kind of a guy. Oh well, we still love them and will endure many, many, more of these increases in blood pressure before the end of our days.

Imagine of women ruled the world . . .

 

My soon to be new wife is far from being stupid. She's an RN and she can do carpentry also. I love her to death....but sometimes she just doesn't use common sense.

 

Can't live with em' , can't live without them . in 36 years married to the same woman I have enough stories like this to fill a book . After a few years most of us come to the conclusion that most women do not think or function like men and we usually do not bring the ones home that do . It's all in the game even when we get robbed of our sleep .

As david.brady has posted we still love them just the same when the fur is done flying and the dust settles .

Most of choose our partner for who they are and the pleasure they bring us and
our children they bare not their capacity to run the ranch or operate a 966 Cat Loader .

One must remember without them and a son somewhere the family name becomes dust when we are gone .

 

And I can guarantee you, for every story we have, the wives probably have one too...I know mine does...she's very smart and generally does most everything correctly, but every now and then has a brain fart and does something to warrant the 'what the bejeezus were you thinking, sweetheart?' look...I know I've seen it on her face plenty of times...

 

I wouldn't be too hard on the little lady, although under your circumstances, I'd growl first and think later.......

The moron who showed up to load hay in the rain, with bald tires, couldn't back a trailer to save his life, and proceded to tear up your lawn is the cause of your frustration. Besides, you don't have to live with him

I'd guess your wife, assessing the situation saw him struggling to back the thing around the drive, knew he'd never make it and saw what she thought was a solution. This assumes that she made the decision to go cross country - it's always possible the above idiot did it on his own....

Get some sleep, take her out to dinner and compliment her for her other wonderful qualities. You'll both feel better.

 

mtflat: Good advice in my opinion . I see you have been around long enough to know what will aleays be best in the end .

 

I feel for ya. I also work swing shift and seems like my wife always has something for me to do when I'm working doubles. she will forget that I need to sleep.

 

I see a local price increase in hay coming ... the way to solve this problem is a SURCHARGE of $200 on emergency orders when you get involved. But, none if the wife handles everything. People (and relatives) might think you are a jerk, but, at least you will be a rich jerk