by Mark Parker
10. You stand in the middle of the feedlot trying to decide whether it would be more embarrassing to stand there waiting for help or to abandon your mud boots and crawl out of the muck in stocking feet.
9. Your kids, who have been covertly bumping the thermostat up for the past couple of months, are suddenly wearing shorts to school in 45 degree weather.
8. You’re trying to remember exactly what was wrong with the planter when you parked it in the shed.
7. K-State’s basketball coach has upped his game face from intimidating to terrifying.
6. The county agent is too busy to take your call because he has to look up what a crocus is.
5. You haven’t seen an armadillo yet and you’re hoping every one of the little #%)*@^+%$#@# froze to death.
4. Farm moms are enjoying the brief break between basketball practice and track.
3. The pickup is stuck, the feed truck is stuck, the tractor is stuck and that’s all on the road in front of the house.
2. The wood pile is gone, the hay stack is low and you’re suspecting that the saddle horse won’t look quite as fit when he sheds off.
1. Your son is promising that, no kidding, this year he really will take better care of his show pig.
