{"id":3732,"date":"2013-10-13T19:50:25","date_gmt":"2013-10-14T00:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/?p=3732"},"modified":"2013-10-13T19:50:25","modified_gmt":"2013-10-14T00:50:25","slug":"family-times-bucks-brothers-and-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/2013\/10\/13\/family-times-bucks-brothers-and-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Times: Bucks, Brothers and Business"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"leedad\"<\/a>On sunny autumn Saturdays like this one, I can\u2019t help but think longingly of my family back in Abbotsford, Wis. What are they doing right now? The answer to that question is: Lord only knows.<\/p>\n

As owners of a family milk trucking business, there was never a lack of excitement on days like today. They always started with Dad coming down and busting into our rooms, \u201cBoys, we\u2019ve got projects.\u201d God, I used to hate that. Even if there wasn\u2019t a project, I swear the guy would create projects. However, the older I\u2019ve gotten, the more I appreciate the work we\u2019ve always done, and now it\u2019s almost gotten to the point that I look forward to these ventures. I said almost, Padre.<\/p>\n

\"leemom\"<\/a>\"leebrian\"<\/a>If the conditions allow, I\u2019m sure Mom is probably feverishly canning masses of tomato soup while being bombarded with excessive amounts of information from NPR. (Seriously, if you want to talk politics with my mother, set an afternoon aside). I always loved the smell of fresh tomato soup; it hits the spot so nicely on a cold day.<\/p>\n

If Brian\u2019s around, he\u2019s probably doing some sort of work on the trucks: oil changes, grease jobs, brake jobs, tire jobs, light jobs, odd jobs \u2026 whoa, I blacked out there for a minute.<\/p>\n

\"leekev\"<\/a><\/figure>\n

\"LeeLorence\"<\/a>Kevbob will probably wash his car and take a run sometime this afternoon; however, his services will certainly be commissioned in the shop at some point.<\/p>\n

Lorence will likely go hunting this evening, even though he got a buck already. HOORAY!<\/p>\n

If I were around, I\u2019d probably shoot some hoops with Brian, go out hunting with Lorence and take a run with Kev. I\u2019m real sneaky when it comes to staying out of the shop.<\/p>\n

However, I\u2019m here. Luckily enough, though, I was able to catch Lorence on Facebook and get the scoop. He and Dad broke down in the pickup truck and had to recruit our hired man Scott to come give them a pull with his<\/em> pickup truck. This probably means they had to call in Kurt to haul Scott\u2019s load and enlist mom to take Kurt\u2019s early load tomorrow. This is by no means an irregular circumstance. I swear my father has a way of getting himself into and out of situations like nobody I\u2019ve ever met. I guess that\u2019s why he raised a whole task force of sons to keep things running. Part of me wishes I was around to help. That being said, I\u2019m immensely thankful for the opportunity to be here as well; it\u2019s just nice to reminisce sometimes. Tomorrow, I get to enjoy dinner with the lovely and enthusiastic Annie Wetter and a number of other UWSP staffers. It will be a most enjoyable experience.<\/p>\n

Lee Bartnik – out.<\/p>\n

PS: I know I said I was going to delve into markets with my next post, but that\u2019s what we get for planning I guess. Stay posted.<\/p>\n

Lee Bartnik, a senior\u00a0at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point majoring in dietetics, is blogging about his study abroad experience in London<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On sunny autumn Saturdays like this one, I can\u2019t help but think longingly of my family back in Abbotsford, Wis. What are they doing right now? The answer to that question is: Lord only knows. As owners of a family milk trucking business, there was never a lack of excitement on days like today. They […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":355,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,23,24],"tags":[438,305,312,343,344],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3732"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}