Time seems to be getting away from me and I've become so much more tired. Lately I've been working on my days off so I can get more days off to actually do something with my free time. I call it paid vacation. ;)

Last Thursday Doc Shelley came to visit and looked around the farm. It was good to finally have her come and I think she liked it. I showed her everything except for the lambs, which we couldn't go see because we would have had to walk like a half of a mile up a mountain in a downpour.

I've also done cave work, which was interesting. I haven't made cheese a lot lately, though today I made romano.

One of the other interns is extremely difficult to motivate, though this is also the intern that totaled bob and anns car and has done some other areas of the work and didn't complete it up to par. A few weeks ago he broke some equipment on the milking machine and caused us to be late which made me furious. It wouldn't have been so bad except that was one of the days when Bob and Ann had to run somewhere to do something so him and I were the only ones working.

Bob said the next day when I told him that I should come up with a management plan for dealing with his behavior. However, I have seen him work and know what he cuts corners on and doesn't do right and I told Bob that there would be no managing that I would do because if I were given a way to deal with him, I would fire him. He clearly doesn't care about his work and he isn't required to do this for school; it's just a summer job. There's more to it also, but I'm done writing about it for now.

Next week we're supposed to be getting out load of hay, which will be a semi I believe. However, this is when I will be taking off my days for my extended vaca to Mark's dad's dairy farm which will be exciting. And the week after that Bob and Ann will be leaving for a whole week to go to Wisconsin to visit a cow dairy that he has part ownership in, so we will be responsible for everything for a whole week. I'm excited about it because we will finally be able to do our own schedules and such.

It's been incredibly rainy here though I suppose it has been in most of the Northeast. Kinda sucks when the sheep are wet and they rub up against you... They also look so ridiculously pathetic that they're cute. I often wonder if they get uncomfortable when it rains at night and into the early morning and the sun comes out at 8. Lol You know, wool and a dryer kind of. They are cute though.

I think that's all to post on for now. I can't believe it's been 2 weeks since the last time. I'll try to do a better job on keeping up with it.

Another week flying by...

Wow, this is just not a top priority for me apparently.

In the last week we've done the usual milking and all that. The ewe that is pregnant still has not had her lambs yet, but she has managed to get a sore foot so we've wrapped it. The llama's halter started to rub on his nose and it was a little tight to begin with so that didn't help. We brought him down off the mountain and treated him for that. We had to go get sawdust. I've milked countless mornings at 5 which kind of sucks. Lol

I don't think I've made cheese since the cow's cheese last week. We've also been working on staining some decks as well. Bob has put me in charge of finding hay, which I am rather reluctant to do. I almost feel as though it's such a hassle and he doesn't want to do it so instead he'll give it to the intern to do.

My car has now died and the mechanic doesn't know what is wrong with it, so my full day off I worked so I can save it up for another week (hopefully this coming week!)... Other than that, everything is going good.

Last few dayyys

So I have been completely exhausted the last week or so... Fourth of July was fun. Mark was here. Bob and Ann love having him around because when he comes to visit me, he always works with me so we get more accomplished! =)

So the farm house dinner was interesting as I have previously stated. There were around 20 people who came and we made about $50 a person I guess which is good. It was kind of weird explaining why I am here to people. The other interns are here because they thought it would be a fun summer job, I am here to complete my degree. It seemed interesting to me to explain it to some of the people that showed up (rich people from like, CT and stuff)... Telling them I grew up on a farm and that my major at college is animal science, but no I'm not going to be a veterinarian. It always seems hard for people to grasp that. But all in all, the night was very exhausting and I got done at 9:30... and I had to milk at 5 the next morning.

I had some family issues so I had to go home over my day and a half off to be with my parents... Wednesday I worked at 7. Did chores and stuff, weeded garlic, planted grass seed. Wednesday night I milked I believe... The last few days have been a blur, I really need to keep up with this blogging thing or else I lose track. Today we made cow's milk cheese. Ann is making sure to teach me how to make it in case I decide to go make cheese for Mark's dad when I get done with college. I don't know if I really want to do it, but I guess I can keep my options open. But anyway, making cheese can be complicated and there is DEFINITELY a lot of dishes that need to be done as well as cleaning which can get very redundant.

Anyway, I need to get to bed. Work at 7 tomorrow... We have to catch the llama to treat it's halter sore and for some reason Bob chose me for the job because I have experience with animals... but llamas are completely different from anything I've handled before... Oh well... Good night!

Long time, No write!

I've been working and have been so busy the last week I haven't had time to write. I've been getting in my full 8 hours every day with the exception of Monday (my half day) and Tuesday which was my full day.

The farm house dinner was very successful but also stressful. It was an interesting experience and hopefully the second one will go smoother.

Seeing as I'm still exhausted right now, I should go sleep. Hopefully I'll be able to keep up on my journals from now on... Ugh. Have a good night!