Averted and Unaverted Disasters

Well, I decided to post what I was debating about yesterday.  This isn't the hilarious one yet, though.  That'll be coming later.  =P

Okay, quoting directly from journal:
"Well, first off, I charged the 4-wheeler through wheat [don't panic, it was on a trail] on my way to get my NW triticale check (forget which #), and when I drew my sword out of its sheath ... (okay, okay, so it's just an Oakfield probe) I discovered to my utmost dismay (literally!) that my dagger (i.e. shovel) was missing in action!  I morosely traced my way back on my tracks, thinking maybe the tall wheat knocked it out.  Nothing.  I resolved to get my 2 checks and then backtrack to the last field.  I distinctly remembered digging up a corn plant to check its secondary roots being the very last thing I did at the last field, so I knew I'd put the shovel back.
Some agonizing minutes later, I trekked back to the ominous field, unloaded the trusty ol' 4-wheeler, and scouted out my tracks.  I found 2 sets; 1 would be when I went in, and 1 would be when I went in, and 1 would be when I went out.  I checked the treads on the tires with each set of tracks and determined which one was my "out" track.  I set out to follow it.  Not 5 seconds later my eyes lighted upon my dearly lost shovel!  I was ecstatic!  Disaster #1 averted!
         Several hours later, on my way to NW 24 (or 34?), a deer RUDELY ran out in front of me, forcing me to slam on my brakes and send everything flying to the front of the pickup.  I looked behind me and saw skid marks.  Ah, but some rubber worn off the tires is better than a smashed front end, eh?  Disaster #2 averted!
         Shortly thereafter, I returned to the pickup after checking NW whatever it is and was attacked by a multitude of flies!  Ick!  I sought refuge in the pickup, but I had to write my notes down and it was sweltering, so I chanced opening the windows.  Huge mistake!  When I left, my pickup was covered in flies!  Everywhere I looked was black with them!  I have NEVER seen so many flies in one place at one time before!  I hoped to get them out by speeding down the HWY with windows all the way down, but they persisted and were still everywhere when I stopped at my next field.  They were biting me incessantly, so I frantically sprayed "Off" all over me and the pickup, hoping to offend some.  It worked, slightly, but the whole rest of the day I was plagued by the nasty things.  Boy am I glad to be home!  That disaster was not averted, sadly.
          Then on my last field, I stopped to dig for milo seed and noticed the WD-40 can and holder laying behind me on the seat.  I guess it decided it had been bumped around too much.  That disaster was averted though because I noticed it before it got lost.  I made up a theory when I was going through some wheat stubble that the field was so bumpy not even weeds could grow in it!  (I hadn't seen any weeds up to that point)  I do NOT like bumpy fields!  Ick!  Somebody (namely, D's) needs to learn not to go through their fields with big equipment when it's muddy.  You make HUGE tracks doing that and your agronomist (intern) does NOT come out a happy camper!"

Well, there you have it.  Coming up next:  Something that entertains me highly but you will find abhorrently boring!  Hahaha!
-JJJJ

Cattle, Sheep and Auctioneers

So... you start to wonder if you're going crazy when you're walking back to the dorm and hear sheep baaing and cattle mooing but there isn't a single animal in sight...  Weeeiiiiirrrrddd...  I looked all over, but couldn't find hide or hair (yes, according to correct grammar, it should be 'or', not 'nor', even though 'nor' sounds so much better.  But if you use 'nor' you're using a double negative, because you already have 'not' in the 'couldn't'.  Just a random side note I thought of after reading that phrase in a book and stopping short in shock at the awkwardness of it) of a single thing that could be making such noises!  Odd, odd, odd. 

I was skimming through my journal again and came across a few interesting tidbits.
Quoting directly from journal, "Oh, something funny I heard on the radio the other day!  They were talking about tombstones, and on an auctioneer's tombstone was written, "Going, going, gone".  I couldn't help laughing.  I know, morbid, but still, you've gotta admit it's funny."

Here's a quote our newspaper editors must have read and taken seriously, "Don't be afraid to make a mistake; your readers might like it." - William Randolph Hearst.  Ha, yeah, "they might laugh at it!" - Pa 
Yep, our newspaper consistently has dozens of errors in it every single week!

Well, I'm trying to decide whether or not I should post my "averted disasters" entry.  Maybe another day sometime soon.  I'm going to do something else sometime, too, that I think will be hilarious.  HAHAHA!  Be warned!

Well, off to supper here soon, as soon as Patty gets back from work!

Ta-ta!
-Josie

The Month of May!!

Yay, it's finally the month of May!  =D

There's a healthy dose of spring for ya!  =P
And now some interesting "gobbledygook" from my American Government book a year ago...
1. Negative patient-care outcome (death in a hospital)
2. A very large, potentially disruptive re-entry system (Titan missile)
3. Television with non-multicolor capability (black and white television)
4. Uncontrolled flight into terrain (airplane crash)
5. That portion of a means of egress between the termination of an exit and a public way (a door). 
Haha.  Well, there you have it!  Now you can go be a smart aleck and talk like that!  Ha, just kidding! =P
Happy May!  (Try to survive the snow)

Tractors, spring and exploring!

Well, I have a bunch of pictures to post today!  =D
It all started when I was walking to class and saw two lovely BLUE and RED tractors sitting on the lawn on the south side of the building I was going in to!  Hoorah!  Case IH and New Holland; the best kind of tractors! 

 And then I took some random pictures of flowers...

 And then went exploring!  =D  I went in pretty much every building on the south side of campus, and took pictures of cool stuff. First, a stairway.  I just like the wood on this one, but wait until later; there's a really cool one comin'! =D

 Another picture of the tractors.

 A view of a building from the top floor of another across the street.

 Above: Some kind of flowering bush  Below: A cool view from the walkway outside the library

 This is evidently where the professors used to stand and watch when students were taking tests!

 Farther away view.  This is in the Great Room in what is now the library.

 An iris getting ready to bloom.  I'll have to go back and catch 'em when they're actually in bloom!

 I like the sunshine in this picture.

 A neat little circular window.

 The really cool staircase!!!  It was really cool in real life, and it is so old that it squeaks and the boards sink in when you walk on it!  Nifty, eh? =P

 Above: A white flowering tree.   Below: Nichols Hall.  I thought it looked like a castle.  =P

 See, doesn't it look like a castle?

A picture of what looks like Texas bluebonnets...

 Above: A painting of a cellist!  It was amongst a big mural of athletics, art, music, etc.  And the music one was a a cello!  Yay!   Below:  I REALLY wanted to go in here, but the door was locked.  =(

A pinkish/white flowering tree.

And lastly, some videos of going down the creaky old stairs!  I don't know if you can hear the creaks or not, but they were really neat.  =P

And I believe that's all I have for ya for now!  =)
Have a lovely spring!  =D