Now on to plowing!

Yesterday Maxim Rudei was able to get a different combine, and the field was all combined and the dry corn put in the rented garage "box" that the guys cleaned out last week, with the exception of what they put in the precepts (wagons) and one truck to bucket up in the bin. They drove in with the wagons at nine pm, having finished in the dark. I think Garry said they got about 70 ton, but don't quote me, I am always having to fix numbers in the blog which I forgot that I heard him mention... they just don't stick in my mind like trivia does. The temperature was about 20 C, and sunny so it was a fine day to combine, once he got the operator here. Garry and I had to go into Dnepropetroesk to  meet Victor and do some stuff for our residence cards that need to be renewed yearly. Max had to find a way to drive into Molozharinah to pay the guy before he would drive to our field, but he managed it, Victor had a call from him while we were waiting at the police station.  The forecast was 90% chance of rain for today, so it was a good thing it's finally finished, now all they need to do in the fields is finish the plowing before winter.

Maxim has been very busy plowing gardens this fall, it has taken days to do them all. (More about that in a post to come.)

It was not raining when Garry left for Molochansk, to get his semen but it was raining lightly at 11 am.  Max  had some guys helping empty the truck, two guys handing buckets up to him to empty into the bin. He must have put the precepts under cover, maybe at the trade school barn; since they are not anywhere in sight.

While I was in Canada, Maxim was driving the van in Zaporosia when some car turned into him and caused some damage to the front of our vehicle. Garry was very excited that the insurance company of the other driver had agreed to pay the damages (minus a deductible). However, he had gone to the bank that was supposed to have the money three times in the last couple weeks trying to get the money, and he took all the stuff (letters, numbers and of course , his passport) with us yesterday so he could try with Victor.

The headlight is cracked, bumper and 1/4 panel dented

 Previously, he had gone with Maxim on a day when the bank lines were very long, it must have been a day to pay some bill or maybe get paid, so he gave up. Then he went with Maria one day, and was told he didn't have enough information for the bank, maybe they had paid it to the guy who had hit our car? Unfortunately, the bank was still unable to find it again yesterday. Victor called the insurance company and found out they had taken the money back because Garry had not picked it up in time... now he must go back to the office of the company again to restart the process of getting money to fix the car.