A visit

Yesterday I was overwhelmed with life. So much to do and so little time. After spending most of the day at the office, I came home to feed the “nations”. It wasn’t quite 3.30 and every four legged and two legged animal was hungry. It must have been the cold snap we are having. It was a noisy affair. As I wearily made my rounds to the bellows of the cows, the crowing of the roosters, the quacking of the ducks and the meowing of the cat, I had to dodge the dog who had suddenly found a spurt of energy to play with the cat right under my feet. With everyone watered and fed, I sank into the couch. I glanced up at the clock and sighed with tiredness. It was time for Michaela to arrive home and the doorbell was ringing. Somebody was here. I hadn’t even thought of dinner yet, not to mention the hundred chores that still waited for me. I had planned on dropping in to see the cattle at Megan and Carlos before the end of the day too. I hurried around, not wanting to arrive in the dark, attending to chores I could still do quickly. The phone began to ring, and I had another task to attend to. I had to pick up Jonathan. The sun was setting and the cold was returning. There was wood to be chopped and washing to be taken indoors. There were so many chores left to do, that I only got to think about them. They would have to wait until tomorrow. Days that are as busy as these, happen more often than I’d like. At Carlos and Megan, I spoke to Sophie their daughter. I explained I couldn’t stay long but wanted to drop off the money for the feed and asked if she would mind me quickly checking in on the girls. I smiled as I walked over to their pen where they were with Sabbath. They wandered over when they saw me and Queenie affectionately stuck out her tongue. They looked good and were totally occupied by Sabbath. Kiarra is in season now and she would be covered within hours as she was what cattle people call “standing for the bull”. Queenie was totally not interested in Sabbath and I have a sneaky suspicion we’ve missed her time. I’m not worried as they will be there for a full month so he will catch the next cycle. It means perhaps we will have babies a month apart but hey that’s no sweat. I left the girls and waved goodbye to Sophie with a message to her mom that I’d be back next week with feed money. On my way to pick up Jonathan now. I sure am tired….