Bummer

I am glum.  Here is a list:

1.  The school year ended and it was weird.
2. Our renters moved out, and that is all fine and dandy, but now we must decide what to do with our rental.  We have had it for ten years.  No matter what, the rental is in need of TLC, and who has the time?  I spent most of the day there yesterday.  It is overwhelming and mostly, I need David, because he is our life foreman.  David is far too busy for all the things, so this will be another stressful season.
3. I am reading These is My Words, for like, the fourth time.  I think a reader, Melissa, recommended that book to me many moons ago.  It is good, but almost over.  Don’t you hate it when a book you love is ending?
4. I got roped into another round of “Pig Flipping.”  We are down to the bitter end here, folks.  Out of the 200 we started with, we only have 15.  But David, who is never content, has found another deal for us to all go in on.  And I said no.  I was out.  But then I was told I had to go and pick up 150 pigs, like with a vehicle, and I was like, “you are kind of making me not out of the pig business.”  So, I am back in the pig business, because, as I said to David, “If Taylor is dealing with pigs, then Taylor gots to get paid.”
5. I feel I have come a long way, yes?  I am proud of me.
6. Yesterday, I had to bring a pig in a dog crate to town and sell it in the parking lot of a local grocery store.  And then my car smelled like pigs all day.
7. I am almost 39.  And I care and I do not care.  I don’t really care all that much, but it is weird nonetheless.  I am happy to report that according to my trusty hair dresser, I still have not received a gray hair.  I have decided that if I can survive 200 weaner pigs and quaran-TEENS simultaneously and still not get gray hair, I might not ever get gray hair.  Silver linings!  (punny)
8. Here is something not-so-glum in my glum list.  Kate bought me a plant as an appreciation gift.  So that was lovely.  She has been a delight as of late and spending more time at home (thanks, ‘RONA!)
9. Today, I went on a walk to check the cows.  This is my favorite past time, but you already knew that.  We have two cows that David bought in March.  We call them the Elusives.  This is because for the first few weeks, they would never let us lay our eyes upon them.  They have gotten better and we may now lay our eyes upon them.  But only that and no more!  So, I gave them names, and I think they are like Eloise and Elmira, but we just call them “Elusive with a tag” and “Elusive without a tag.”  Both Elusives are showing signs of impending labor.  So today, I was full of hope and joy as “Elusive with a tag” was nowhere to be seen.  Which means maybe she was in the bushes having a new calf friend for me to enjoy!  So, I am walking and I am far from the house, and I totally fall.  Like way bad and I am not even sure why.
10. Herein lies the problem:  I have a bad knee.  Do you remember my knee saga, Friends?  If not, don’t worry about it.  But I have had seven surgeries on the same knee.  Well, I fell and I twisted that bad boy up and it was no bueno.
11. Herein lies another problem:  the boys were home and they do not have phones.  The girls and David, the family member with phones, were all gone far away.  And there I was, laying on the ground, unable to stand, and not sure who could help me.  So I call David, but I am not sure what he can do for me, as he is like an hour away.  I decide to try one of the boys Gizmo watches, which they never use.  And God must have been looking out for me because HD answered.  He brought the 4 wheeler and came and picked me up.  LD insisted I lay down and ice it and then HD went to go and find Elusive with a Tag for me.  He came back to tell me she had a calf.
12. So, now I am mad because I cannot go and look at the new calf friend.
13. I cannot tell if I am seriously hurt.  I can walk, but it hurts.  I am a bit worried and I truly hope I didn’t do anything serious.
14. I took a nap with our new kitten, Rio.  It was a literal cat nap and it was delightful. 
15. Oh!  And right before my walk with cows, I stripped the bedding and was washing all the bedding, so I got to try and finish that up with my bum knee.
16. Bummer.
17. I need new book recommendations.  Please advise.