337 Friday the 13th a good day to farm.

Well, today I decided to go ahead and plant half of my corn crop even though the conditions to do so are less than optimal. It is dry but there is some moisture down there, so maybe it will be enough to germinate the seeds even if it does not rain. However the weathermen are saying we could over the next 3 days get an inch or more of rain. I sure hope we do as I did go ahead with some planting today even though it was indeed Friday the 13th. Proving that I am not into that sort of witchcraft at all. It could turn out that today was not a good day to plant but it certainly will not be because of the date and the day. I think this may well be my last year of farming. My dad quit farming when he was 65 on his own and moved to Lafayette after selling his farm. I have farmed 8 years longer than that. But let me tell you he worked twice as hard at farming as I have, maybe three times as much effort. He was as tough as nails so to speak. He did continue to help his son's farm for maybe another 10 years after retiring and moving to the city. But in my case, I think I am just finally getting enough of it. I thought maybe I would keep it up for a few more years but I am starting to ask myself, "What for"? And I am not coming up with very good reasons to keep this up. I think that with the rent I can collect on my few acres that I may make at least half of what I do now maybe more. It will be good I think to just have to take care of my home and my lawn and the pond and maybe do a little more travel and camping than I have till now.

Susan is also starting to talk about retiring so if that happens she could then also travel with me if she desires. We could see lots of stuff together. Why with her sharing some of my expenses we could maybe afford to buy the diesel fuel for some longer trips maybe out west...Or maybe to the east coast or Canada who knows or maybe just stay right here at home...Practicing our marksmanship in case Eric Holder the worst attorney general in our history comes calling to collect my guns. I see today he stated that we should not have guns...the guy needs to be impeached, he goes after innocents and lets assholes run free...what a country...well I have rambled quite enough for a Friday the 13th....