Getting Stuff Done and The Minor Setback

My day began this morning at 3:00 when I got up to get ready to go to work. I stopped up to the farm on the way to work and threw in some hay for the cows. After work I came home and brought the side by side up to the farm. I got the hoses out and began to fill water tanks in the barn. While they filled, I threw down some hay and straw and brought it over to our neighbor's house. I put it in their barn for them and then I came back and moved the hose to the other tank. I drove back to the woods and began to drain the pans and scoop the ash out from the arch and dump it outside. I started to plumb some of the tubing in and then I left and came back to the farm. I blew out the hoses and hung them up and then I aired up the front tires and put gas in our side by side. I went back to the woods again and took the pans off the arch and brushed off the ash buildup on them. I lit the flame under the canner so the water would start to warm up and then I came back home once again. Dad went back on a mini bike later and brushed the flues and hooked up other things before getting a fire started. Greg Bouman showed up, so my sisters and I headed back to the shack with him. We began to gather our south loop at quarter after four and it was just starting to snow out. When that loop was done, we decided to continue gathering, so instead of dumping we went and gathered the front loop. The winds started to blow and the snow was really coming down. Nick and Amanda came back just as we were finishing our front loop and helped gather some sap. We drove over some uneven hilly ground and one of our wheels decided to break off due to the weight distribution. I drove the sap wagon over to the shack and pumped the sap into the top tank. We gathered over 500 gallons, but were not able to gather our back loop. I noticed the tongue on the wagon had begun to bend from the amount of tongue weight now. We will have some fixing to do tomorrow. I drained all the hoses and pumps and then came inside to warm up for a minute. Dad wrapped a chain from the tractor to the wagon in case the tongue does break off. I drove the tractor and wagon up to the farm in a blizzard it seemed. It was snowing and blowing so much that you could barely see in front of you. I parked at the farm and checked on my cows. I threw down a bunch of straw and hay. I fed them a bunch of the hay and then spreaded out their bedding. I came home and fixed the fire with 28 pieces of wood. I changed my clothes because everything I was wearing was soaked from all the snow and mud I had on me. Mom finished making dinner and then we headed back to the shack. We ate and then she worked on bottling up syrup. Dad illuminated the woods up with a light and it was really cool to see the snow covered trees. Pictures have no justice on the sight we witnessed in person. The tree branches, being covered in 3 inches of snow now were beginning to hang down. Greg, mom, and I left to come home and I brought in a lot of syrup when I got home. Mom and dad and got home after midnight after making 11 gallons of syrup.