I have a few things to celebrate.
1) Our Ukrainian artist friend, who's staying with us during the invasion of Ukraine, got a new kind of visa. They'll be able to stay in the US longer and will be able to apply for a work permit and other assistance.
2) We weren't expecting to receive any money this year from our farm because, as part of the transition to a new sharecrop farmer, we're leveling the farmland. It should increase the yield in years to come. Sadly, it ended up costing way more because between the time we agreed to do that and it could be arranged, the invasion of Ukraine happened and prices of key items like fuel went way up. The farmer is paying the extra costs with an interest free loan to us, to be paid off over 7 years. It's a good deal. They are very skilled at what they do and farm all the land (around 8000 acres) around our farm, so it's beneficial for them, too. This farmer pays his hands $60k a year plus benefits. In a small town in Arkansas, that's real money you can easily raise a family on. His feeling is that they will work hard for him because he pays so much better than others -- and they do.
But, I digress. I'm celebrating that in that red state that's so against them damn liberals and their socialistic policies, that FDR and the liberals set up farm credits for improving the land (which leveling is) and allowing the land to restore itself by lying fallow (which we have to do in order to level it). Yep, farm country appears to be riddled with socialist policies designed to help farmers. Who knew? So we'll get some cash from our farm this year after all!