As I clean and pack up my things, it's really hard for me to believe that it is my last night to spent here at the farm. Yes, I know that I have to leave; I have completed my internship and I now must move on with my life, but it's hard. I really have come to enjoy Max and Leigh (Max is the other full-time intern left, Leigh is his g/f), and also the animals.
I used to hate sheep. Yes they are incredibly dumb animals, but they are also easy to handle. You can make them do just about anything you want, as opposed to cows that outweigh a person by 1,000 pounds usually. I have made some pets out of the sheep and I'll definitely miss the dogs too. It's a beautiful place here and I never fully appreciated it until recently and it's odd to think that I won't be here anymore.
One thing I forgot to mention about a few weeks ago... We've been keeping the donkey in during the day because he's been having issues with his hooves and with getting too much nutrients. Well, he has his own bucket of water which is left there during the day. One morning after milking but before clean up (Max and I were taking the sheep out), I heard a squeaking noise similar to the sounds my chinchillas make when they're distressed. I look and there's a waterlogged chipmunk trying to swim (or 'doggy paddle') for his life. He couldn't jump out so if I hadn't saved him he would have drowned. I picked him up and put him in the inside pocket of my carhartt sweatshirt for a few hours and he recovered. The funny part is when I was holding him, he spit out a water-logged piece of corn into my hand; the little bastard was stealing our corn. He obviously mistook the water bucket for a corn bucket which is what is normally in the basement of the barn. It was amusing to me. I rehabilitated a chipmunk.
Anyway. Enough being sentimental. The pigs were out this morning. I walk out of my house this morning to see a pig walking up our road. They had plowed through the fence we made (literally plowed) ... They had piled a bunch of dirt in front of the fence and pushed with a ton of force; I know because I had to dig up that fence and pick it up. But anyway, somehow I managed to get all three of them back in by myself. I was so proud of myself! And then Bob had me go pick up a total of 12 fences, 3 of which were the pigs'... And build 2 sheep pastures. It's alright though, the only issue I had (besides the buried fence) was the terrible bugs.
Today was incredibly rainy... It never stops, and when it does it's so hot and humid out! I'm not sure if I prefer the rain over the warmth... But I'm going to guess that yes, I actually think the rain is okay comparatively.
Alright, bed time. We're trimming the milkers hooves tomorrow and running them through the foot bath before I leave I guess. So yeah, early wake up time! Woo!
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