So, I slept very well last night. Only woke once which is not the norm for me. The alarm went off at 630 as usual. What? It’s Saturday. Well the bad news is that Emily is teaching Saturday school today. Something she almost never does. It really throws you for a loop to have to get up early and go to work on a day r we bed for leisure and other work. She took the job because another teacher who needs the extra money couldn’t make it. Emily really is not one who would ever work Saturday. Of course, I would have preferred to stay in bed and sleep another hour or so. It’s all about me. She will be done at 1230 so at least no lunch to pack. I wonder why all these kids have to go to school on Saturday? I should ask.
The nice thing about being alone in the house like this is I am self directed. I can choose what I want to do and when. I am not saying Emily makes me do other things, but when she is home it’s more of a team type thing. We do lots together and I do things she would like to get done instead of doing “my” chores. And when she is here we end up going shopping. She is better at that and I get to tag along.
Today, I can finally get rid of the leaves in the front drive. 
That’s a chore.
So Dennis, my mechanic just showed up. He was sposed to be here yesterday. I need to get the tractors running, three. I want to send them to a new home and will sell them at the estate sale. So Dennis and I went across the road where I store my big tractor in a barn. We worked for an hour today on the beast but the battery is 16 years old. And truly dead. It charges but won’t hold a charge. Not good. The battery is big, 2 foot long, 1 foot wide 18 inches tall. No saying how much it’s gonna cost. At the end of the hour Dennis headed out for a new battery, starter fluid and tools. Back later. I am going to go rake leaves.
I was supposed to meet the estate sale guy at 11. He called around ten, left a message and a stream of excuses said he would try to get here in the next few days. Bullshit. I called him and told him we had an appointment at 11. His tune changed, he is coming later today. Nice guy, never wrote down the appointment in his book.
Btw, turns out when the kids are absent they go to Saturday school. And do art. And yoga and a little PE. And they have to get up early to do it. Seems unfair.
So I finished up the leaves, tossed the entire pile into the back of my truck and drive it to the burn pile. It’s the biggest wheel barrow I have.
Dennis returned about the time I finished the leaf pile. So we went back across the road to work on the tractor. We got the new battery installed. Did not help with the starting issue. But it does crank like a son of a bitch.
We went back through all systems and found that the injector pump is not pumping. This is a problem. I now have to call the tractor dealer and discuss the problem with him. I hope they have an idea of how to fix it vs replacing the pump. Either way, tractor no run. I want to sell it soon so this is an issue. Maybe I can solve quick next week.
Dennis left to attend his grandsons basketball game. I went to Vacaville and grocery shopping with Emily. We got food for next week. We got back home and Tim the estate sale guy was already there. Dennis was there too to fix the other two tractors. Dennis and Tim were chatting about things. Those two really hit it off.
Emily went back to Vacaville for Jaxons special dog food.
Dennis went to fix tractors and Tim and I walked the property and looked at all the things I want to sell. We discussed all items, he took lots of pictures, we tentatively scheduled the sale. He is going to try and sell all three tractors as well as my pickup. Could be a fantastic day. Real money to be had.
When we were done Tim and Dennis had a long conversation about their respective Ram trucks. Those two were made for each other. Even had to exchange phone numbers. I am sure Dennis will be working on Tims truck soon.
Everybody left. I went in and cleaned up a few things around the house. Did the dishes. Finally put away the groceries that we unloaded and Emily didn’t put away. Emptied the dishwasher. Usual stuff.
Emily finally got home. Turns out she ran into her friend Melissa and they had coffee. Emily told me later she wanted to avoid the sale talk from Tim. Seems she gets emotional about this. It’s strange because nothing else seems to bother her. So I made Mai Tais. That helped.
We made dinner. I BBQd New York steaks. Perfectly, I might add. Add salad to that and veg. A very good dinner for Saturday night.
Here after dinner we are watching bad TV. Almost all TV is bad but what can you do? At least Jeopardy just came on. Jeopardy is quality TV. Sadly not on 24 hours a day. After jeopardy is Wheel. Not good TV but not bad either. And the half a carton of coffee Haagen Dazs was great. Now bedtime. Also great.