Everything I loved will be gone. Mama is just bedridden from it. Dad is at Commissioners' meeting. Al has all he can do to manage a bit of field work and take care of the horses. I've been tending the housework and poultry and helping Joe with the milk cows, calves, and hogs.
Today is the same.
I'm writing this lying on the living room floor, dripping sweat and watching the dirt drift in the windows and across the floor. I've dusted this whole house twice today and won't do it again. Last night, when it cooled a bit, I rode out to see if the cattle were all right. Ethel said Joe had given up and gone to bed without getting the milk cows in. It took me until midnight to get those eleven cows home and milked.