Allow me for a moment to sulk in my self pity.

[moment]

Thank you.

To further explain you need know this:  I’m on spring break.  One of the most joyous of seasons for students of all ages.  However, on this dreary day [actually it has been mostly sunny] things have all but gone my way.  Granted it could be worse, much worse, I’m just a little disappointed in how today’s events have gone.  First, I had to dig a trench and chop down weeds [which I will podcast later] for like 3 hours.  Then I decided that since I had done so much hard work and manual labour I should treat myself by going 4 wheeling.  I had the tailgate down and the ramps in place, I gunned the engine to drive the ATV into the bed of my truck so I could transport it to the field, but I didn’t have quite enough speed.  My front wheels had made it into the bed but my back wheels were still on the ramps, needless to say gravity was there doing its things and so I felt myself start to roll backwards; not wanting to roll back down the ramps I was trying to get up-I gunned it.  The back tires began to spin, kicking the ramps out from under the 4 wheeler and consequently myself as they turned.  Here is a small animation to show what happened:

It hurt a lot.

So that this post doesn’t get too long to read I’ll just bullet point the other things that happened today:
•I did my taxes and found out I owe $200
•My employer had already been taking taxes out of each paycheck
•After I finally got the 4 wheeler in the back of my truck I drove to the field and found out I had broken my tailgate.  It would open.  I couldn’t get the 4 wheeler out.
•I had to turn around and drive home

Sorry this post was so downtrodden but hopefully tomorrow will be better,

Andrew Nemeth

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