Third time is a charm!

Howdy y'all!
I'm back in the saddle again... figuratively for now, of course. After an incredibly rainy week, corn is coming to the farm. Which means once more I'm chasing The Shack's shadow with my chair, weighing trucks, & taking dry matter samples. For those of you new to my blog, (or those who would like to reminisce) go read my other publishings to catch you up on life on the farm. They are entertaining. 
I was actually ready to start working at the farm this go round. Since school finished up, I had a few days to switch gears to farm mode, see people, and watch some movies before I became interned at the farm.
However, corn is a fickle friend. It did not wait for me to finish school before it returned. In fact, the all time record of most trucks weighed in one day (held by the Bossman) was demolished without me. The new record is now held by my buddy, Curtis, at NINETY-SIX trucks! That's a lot of corn. I think it is around 12 tons that has been brought in without me. It would've been more if the summer monsoons didn't have to ruin the parade.
Not much has changed around the commodity barn. Still smells like yucky fermentation and that hit my sniffer like a sack of garbage. The good news is my nose acclimated quickly. The same guys are around and we have the same conversation we had last year. Here are some of the questions I get to answer: "Mendy, how are you?" "Where you was?" "Long time, things good with you?" "Boyfriend?"
There are a few new faces and a few faces no longer around. The one I remember most from previous summers was the driver who always brought me things... mangoes, subway, cokes... Yea, he hasn't made his appearance yet. I'm holding out hope though. Maybe he just doesn't like Mondays.
Mr. Ray just told me that a fat cow doesn't produce as much milk as a skinny cow . I feel like I should double check that fact from the Bossman himself but I might be enrolling myself in nutrition 101. I'll keep you posted.
I finally got a new dry matter scale but the Bossman still disagrees with my results. Looks like I'm a bit rusty on the old squeeze test. The only other real exciting thing happening is one of the pit walls is under so much pressure it is bowing. Badly. And it is like so much concrete. I'll post a picture of it. We're putting corn in that pit now and Tony was funny telling me how nervous he was about that wall.

Pictures:
1. My slick new dry matter scale in all its clean glory.
2.-4. Snapshots from Pit 4. See how the concrete wall is bending! It is crazy.