Lets talk about goats, shall we? As you may or may not know, we now have a pair of goats to add to our flock of miscellaneous farm creatures. I guess I figured that I had conquered pigs(erm...sortuv...)
so why not move onto goats? Seems reasonable? *Insert CRAZY here*
Rewind to two days ago. Awww they're so cute!!!
Then yesterday was a shit day. I worked, then came home and got that phone call. You know, the we-regret-to-inform-you-that-you-didn't-get-the-job phone call. I really wanted the job! I'm usually a total pessimist when it comes to stuff like that. Oh, you know, I'm probably not qualified anyway. But everyone kept telling me they couldn't imagine a better person for the job! And how I was totally going to get it. So, when I didn't get the job, it sucked. A lot. I maybe cried. I maybe tried to seek support from someone who no longer supports me. I maybe had to have a friend peel me off the ceiling a bit. Shit. Day.
Today was Town Day. Eyes still puffy from maybe crying yesterday-- Lets buy school supplies and shoes for me and go to Costco and visit the in-laws...erm no scratch that, forget visiting the effing in-laws! And do some more grocery shopping and visit my brother and then come home and have a hot dog roast!!
Can you see the excitement on their faces? Super excited. Blarg.
Note to self: no hot dog roasts after an epically long day in town. We only lost two hot dogs in the fire so that's pretty good, I guess.
Then I discovered the pigs had busted the electric wire. The goats were out with the sheep but their gate was still closed. And a certain boy child was yelling at me to rescue the cat from the other side of the fence. I spent the next 20 minutes fixing the electric fence with a pitch fork at the ready in case the pigs decided to turn on the hand that feeds them and leave my children motherless. Then chased the goats in circles while they jumped over five foot high gates and the sheep moved in to eat the goats' hay. I maybe swore a lot. And maybe considered loading the goats into my car and returning them to where they came from. Sometimes I take on too much. Or maybe it just seems like too much when
everything seems like too much. Maybe I have some booze in my tea while I type this post.
I have to keep reminding myself that this is the life I've created. There will be shit days and then there will be awesome days like the day I created the rad fire pit area you see in the picture above. Its crazy but its fun and exciting too. And if all else fails, I know this much is true: the pigs will be bacon at the end of the month so I won't have to deal with their shenanigans for much longer!
