 Hello everybody, it's Sunday, and I am getting stuff done. It's errand day. We got a fill of the water jugs I had to arrange all of my paperwork in my Neat my in our office. I've been pushing it off for about four months Finally got that done I've gotten back into farming simulator 19. I know that farming simulator 21 is coming out in quarter four this year So I'm excited to try that out once it comes out. I may not buy it like right a ways, but It's a game. I'm really not as a game. I'm really into every now and then I go through my phases, right? And I've just started a new farm again. We'll see Farmer Josh has what it takes to make it Without getting buried in debt and going bankrupt So I'm gonna run into I'll run I am in town and run downtown get my water bottles filled here get them replaced and Brett's at work, but later on we're going to mum and dad's for supper. It's so nice to be able to visit again in Manitoba mask mandates as of yesterday, but last week for you We're lifted in Manitoba finally. We'll see if it stays that way or not. I hope the people are smart and That things don't get worse again, but you know, I'm not a doctor. I'm not a professional at any of this stuff I don't know what's going on. I'm just trying my best to do my part Trying to do Trying to do what's right, but We'll see what happens. No one really knows What's going on? But anyway, so life is back to somewhat normal here in Manitoba for the time being I know we had a plan of reopening everything and lifting these mandates in a month from now But that's been pushed forward. So we're doing this all a month early because We've reached our goals as a province and yada yada if you're from Manitoba, you know the whole story already And if you're not from Manitoba, you don't really care because all of these health mandates and stuff are all different in every region Every province has their own Health mandates and the US I think is pretty similar. Every state has their own Thing going on. So North America is kind of just a mumble-jumble mess right now. It depends what area you're in We all have different rules depending on what province or state So anyways Had my coffee Let's uh, let's get out there and a pickup We got stuff to oh and we got to pick up dog food Sundays Sundays Sundays Got my new shoes on put ho my new sketchers They are steel toes actually I I only wear steel toes whether it be just my casual shoes or my work shoes Always have steel toes and they're usually sketchers Brick got me into my first pair of sketchers a couple of years ago and For me, they've been the most comfortable shoes I've ever worn and they last the longest I really like them anyways. I'm not trying to promote them or anything, but I did get new shoes Ho ho new shoes Good feeling So we got our dog food. We got our water to leave the house for today So with that Being out of the way and finished Let's go home and do some farming. How about that? I don't own any land yet, and I started this one. If you're familiar with farm simulator 2019 I started this farm in the European friend friends on front friend Yeah, the other one was in the American map in Ravenport. So what I do is I try to play it as realistically as possible and I Work my way up buying land to buy a bunch of equipment and then I just contract myself out to other farmers that need my Mr.. Like I spray their fields for them a harvest a seed. Ah You guys don't care. You guys don't care. It's fun. I like simulator games If I want to play like any first-person shooting games or anything like Call of Duty, I'll play it on my PlayStation I like the controls a lot better, but on my computer. I like simulation games It's also practices your business skills that way making sure you don't go bankrupt when you're running a business It also sort of gives you a chance to live the life of someone that you'll never Get to be you know, I'll never be a farmer The farmers nowadays you got to give them credit They are very very intelligent people and they go through a lot of schooling for it I grew up on a farm. We didn't own it, but we lived on a farm for a while Anyways, we rented a house on the farm and it's a big chicken farm plus they had thousands of acres to of agricultural land and My friend who was like a year too older than anything is two years older than me. He almost take over the farm I I think I don't know if that's still his plan. I haven't talked to him in several years Actually, but at the time that was the plan and so he went through school and through university and everything To learn everything there is about agriculture. There's a lot more than just putting seeds in the ground and hoping it rains There's a lot of a lot of stuff you got to learn about crop rotation about different Sprays chemicals herbicides pesticides when to use them where to use them when not to use them And it's all very very expensive and then you got the the farm equipment to take care of Their combine was worth just under a million dollars. I think and they had a big four-wheel drive Big massive John Deere for pulling their air seeder that air seeder was worth a few million dollars Plus the tractor was worth like a million dollars. They had millions of dollars of equipment You got to maintain that and It's all the bills are paid and they had chicken barns yet and their their chicken barns were very And this was remember this is like 10 15 years ago. They were very like smart barns. I would call them everything's connected to your phone everything's connected to the internet and You can tell exactly how your barn is doing how your chickens are doing just by looking at an app on your phone And if there's any problems whatsoever, it'll notify you right away, so you get out there to the barn The feeders and the watering lines that they have in there They automatically raise as the chicks grow into chickens and as they get bigger the feeding troughs and feed lines They they raise up on their own Like you you can you can raise the whole barn not the whole barn, but the whole feeding trough It's so hard to explain. I was so blown away when I went in there I was a kid then I was like 15 20 years ago now So by now it's probably gotten even better and even more technologically advanced like these farms there They are like a 21st century wonders almost and the farmers they're talking to you about all of the chemicals and and In food and math that it takes to get everything done and the There's a lot more to it than I thought Anyways, the whole point of saying that was you know, I can play a simulation game and They're so realistic nowadays already that I get a pretty good idea and a pretty good view of what they go through on a daily basis Just a little little smidgen of what they go through Farmers are very very hard-working people and we're surrounded by them here in the prairies And you know people who grow up and live in big cities their whole lives They often, you know the stereotype what they think of the the farmers, right? They couldn't When they say that farmers are dumb or farmers are uneducated They couldn't be further from the truth They are some of the most educated most intelligent people in society And they grow our food for us and they do a good job of it, so Probably shouldn't pick on them I know I pick on them when they're on the road a little bit. I try to keep it try to keep it friendly Please keep growing my food. I really like to eat Just sometimes I feel like they could take the grid roads and the side roads and farm roads to get to where they're Going but they take the main highway and block up traffic on the main highway You're right. You're right stop complaining sugar Josh. They grow your food. Okay, they're Enough about that farmer Josh here What do I know right what do I know I drive trucks for a living I Can tell you how to secure a load and tie it down get it across the country safely That's my specialty I wouldn't hire a doctor or a farmer necessarily to tie down 55,000 pounds of steel Likewise when it comes to my health and when it comes to my food, you know I'll yield to the doctors and to the farmers people who specialize in that The worst part about picking up the water and the dog food is carrying it inside I'm sure I'm glad that we have a very small house, so I don't have to carry it very far Leave me it was a lot worse a lot. I Just organize and clean this whole room. Give me some credit. It's just this blanket the dogs messed up It's blanket a little bit. This is our dog blanket in our dog bed Yes, our dogs have their own room in their own bed Well, I shared the room with them because here's my YouTube editing station one pair of pants still drying out They weren't quite dry yet. It looks like they're good to go now. I'll wear them tomorrow for work Got all the the bullsnot gear all in the corner organized Videos rendering Desk dusted and cleaned. I got to organize that shelf again I did organize that at one time, but this house is so small that everything just gets Piled in here so quick, you know Then here's this room Looks better when we have one blanket covering the whole bed, but you get it. We sleep with our own blankets. Otherwise for me anyways Whenever she turns over at night, we sleep at the house very cold. I got 17 Celsius It's pretty cold and we like it that way But when she turns over all that cold air rushes under the blanket and wakes me up And I probably do the same thing to her so we sleep with our own blankets to prevent that Then I moved the whole bed out of the way. I vacuumed underneath everything all of this cleaned Pretty proud of myself And there's Chevy That's gonna go in your room. What going your room going your bed? Step out to enjoy our Lemon pie dessert first we need to picture me to picture it doesn't happen or didn't happen There are a couple of angles couple of different angles dad's taking this very serious No crosswise oh, okay There we go there photo evidence it happened It's nice to be visiting again Absolutely and hello to every one of you there Did the queen of the house is back home Queen Elizabeth? How's it feel mom? She's a little younger than the original. It's good to be home. Yeah, I had a lot of people praying for you Thank you everyone that prayed. Yeah, she wanted to let her say a few words if you if you want to many of you Know mom had a big fight for her life. Not too long ago She went into the hospital With severe severe pneumonia and on July 1st and was put into a coma and On a ventilator for a week, you know, yeah a week, right? Gave us all a very very big scare. I didn't know I was giving them a scare So I just want to say that yes, I was very sick, but I want to also tell you that stay healthy Eat healthy walk exercise stay healthy because that's the way you can get to be strong and your other organs will be strong And you can make it through even if you have to be intubated and go into a coma, but yes That's that's what I want to say. Stay healthy keep keep looking after yourself That's the biggest thing I think Make sure your body is healthy enough that you can enjoy something like this every once in a while Special occasions Yeah, yeah talking about being healthy dad comes into the frame with a piece of cake Yes, and a big plate I have given you a little plate sir That one for me that one is for you Oh He's might be just a little bit bigger than hers. Yeah, I think that's okay Okay, but she's probably saying hers is a little bit too big song. No, no how light it is. It's super light cake It's like it's really like it just melts in your mouth. It does. I know Well, it's really nice to visit with mom and dad right now and not have to worry about anything really because well Manitoba health and health Canada. I believe I've given mom and dad 90 days immunity Because they have had it and they've recovered that gives them Full immunity for the next three to eight months They're not too sure because everybody's sort of learning as things go along But for at least three months, they know that they can't pass anything on and they can't Get sick with the same thing again You know they're just saying they had it so bad that they have really they should have really good antibodies and they're in contact with their doctors and and Calls regularly Is that what you're gonna say? Okay, and for the most part mom, you look perfectly normal You look almost brighter and happier than before I mean having been so sick you value life differently Yeah, yeah, and you look at things a little bit differently and just live a little bit more carefully. Yeah, yeah yeah, it's You can beat it like I said stay healthy eat healthy keep yourself healthy so that when something does hit your system Your body is prepared to fight it Yes, and I know I'm a bit of a hypocrite too So I'm gonna go eat a big fat piece of cake over there and I don't eat the best either But I'm talking to myself as well And it's a reminder every time that I see mom and dad because dad was very sick too But he wasn't quite as sick but very sick, I would still say you got quite sick But you you were able to recover at home. I have not to want to eat a meal. Yeah, he's sick I love my food when I was a little kid. I got some kind of virus I don't know what kind of virus was nobody knew because we live in South America and No idea what it was and I got quite sick and Appetite went away And I was kind of known as this the scrawny little kid in the family with By the time I finally learn how to eat over the teenager Then I learned to love food And I can't get enough of it. Yeah So what he's basically saying is he's a fat kid at heart at heart But a guy that can't gain weight. I can either have one I love it. My skinny alarm must be nice. Skinniest truck driver out there And eats like a horse apparently Just I eat Steak and pork chops and I haven't seen this horse eat steak and pork chops carnivorous horse But yes, yeah, that's his food. I agree with it. Stay healthy Think positive. That's a big part and if you think and you're convinced that you're sick and you're going to get sick You're probably going to get sick. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, but if you if you're thinking believe that you want to get well If not totally well, but at least it will most definitely help along a great deal because the body works with the mind Yeah, the body is positive I mean if the mind is positive that you can beat this or you can stay healthy at least you got a whole lot better chance Body to Yeah But yeah, I'm gonna eat this cake right now and go against everything I just told you guys to do but Well, there you go, there's that's something it's got fruits and Dairy just don't live off of it. Yeah, just don't live off So this is mom's oxygen machine that Manitoba health brought in for her. She puts in her nose and it pumps Pure oxygen It's got a long enough hose to reach all over the house all the way downstairs, right? And apparently I learned this today how was today years old when I learned that apparently the oxygen coming out of here Is flammable So when you have this running in the house, you can't have any candles. You can't have any lighters No electric motors nothing I didn't know that oxygen was that flammable And so that reaches all over the house and when she goes on walks. She has this walker here, but she doesn't seem to need it She has an oxygen tank in here as well A portable one And she only needs to use it if she's feeling tired or short of breath and she's been doing so good and healing up So fast that she She hasn't really needed it that much No, she has asked me very little. Yeah, just when we're in a bit of a rush with something or she walks a bit further normal A few stairs we have a couple of stairs going into the garage and up If she does steps Yeah And for night, I'm guessing and like she just stays here. She's been downstairs once She's gonna do it. She takes her time, you know Oh, yeah, she said that she went down these stairs here once today 12 steps And then that takes takes a lot of energy and oxygen And then she has well that machine for when she's at home That's amazing how much more energy it takes just We're often down this especially if you're a bit in a hurry Or not really in a rush, but just walking a little faster and carrying something yet And now when you're well and healthy you usually take a take a deep breath, but think of nothing, right? Yeah Feeling great, you know, but when you're that short on oxygen Yeah, you're good, but just shallow oxygen. Oh, you'll notice it You've walked him stairs slow Yeah, she hasn't needed it too much Do you uh wear the oxygen for for night? I do for night just because I don't want to wake up all of a sudden being breathless being okay And uh, September 8th, right is when you go in for your reassessment Yeah, and so if she doesn't need it at all then and the doctor's clear her of it, then You know Interesting Been doing so good. Yeah healing up so fast Saving it for later And I was excited to share this with you Showing you how well mom is doing I know you all didn't see her When she was at her lowest in the icu on the ventilator in the coma The family did me my sister's my dad. We had daily zoom calls The nurses that were there were so nice Apparently they watched my videos. What are the chances right they told my mom? Are you trucker George's mom? I found that funny out of the jam, but hey guys, I wanted to thank you again. Look how well she's doing You guys you guys helped that you nurses you doctors And all of you out there praying for her You've all brought her to where she is today and a remarkable miraculous recovery out of the hospital Weeks if not months before the doctors had anticipated They told us it would be a lot longer. She's recovered so much faster than anyone expected And you know, they may have given been giving us worst-case scenarios But like like mom said, the most important thing is to stay healthy I asked her if she wanted to say anything and of course she wanted to say thank you So she was able to thank you herself there and the other main thing was to stay healthy and be prepared You know this virus Going around the world is a nasty one. It affects everybody differently. Some people barely notice it other people end up in the icu on a ventilator and you never know Who it's going to be or who it's going to affect the worst or how it's going to affect you Chances are it's probably going to reach you at some point or another And uh, you want your body to be prepared for it You want to have a healthy body that's strong and ready to fight So that when it has to fight something off that it's it's prepared And We're so thankful. We're so thankful and uh I feel like I've been given Extra time and allowed more time with mom here on this earth And uh, I'm so glad that dad was able to recover as well too. I don't want to forget that he Uh Was very sick as well, right? He was able to recover at home and he didn't have to be hospitalized Uh Which is probably why it didn't give us the same scare Obviously as mom being in the hospital But he got sick very sick as well too He was able to recover and mom nursed him back to health and in the process got sick herself and uh Man what a crazy couple of months What an emotional a couple of months Uh, I've learned that I am not ready And I don't think I ever will be but I'm definitely not ready To part with my mom and dad yet I'm Definitely not ready and you know what? Obviously, I never will be But I am so thankful So thankful that I have been given more time With both of them and I I never want to take that for granted And I don't want you to take that for granted either and that's why I'm sharing this with you It is a very personal part of our lives. I've made sure that they're okay with me sharing it Obviously, they were on the film. They they welcomed that and they wanted to say thank you personally to you guys and doctors and the nurses and everybody But uh, I wanted this to encourage you guys That uh, yeah, this this thing going around the world is nasty and you never know how it's going to affect you But you can beat it even if it hits you Uh Hits you that bad you can beat it if you're prepared if you're prepared Physically in your body and I'm speaking to myself right now. Okay, because I need to get healthier too I really do so why don't we do it together? All right, because If any of us me or you end up in that position I want us all to be able to be strong enough to get through it Anyways, I had a great weekend. I hope you had a great weekend And I'll talk to you all tomorrow. We're back to work driving truck tomorrow Thanks for hanging out everybody