Mud Season

I was so tired yesterday afternoon after combing at the farm all morning. I had a late start and even though I skipped graining my goats for later and just threw them hay, we were in the car three minutes later than usual. I no sooner started the car then a friend showed up with the Johnny's seed catalog for me! Ha-ones of those days!

Anyhow, I was in pj's lounging in front of the comp and heard a noise yesterday afternoon and we had company! The nice lady next door and her great-granddaughter came to visit. I had changed the phone number and they couldn't call first. Willow has missed her friend, so it was a nice suprise. Except I still had not gone to the dump and they were standing out front staring at my bags of garbage the coon had been into. The woodpile that was hiding the trash has been used this month, so it was quite an eyesore out there! I called them around back ,through the MUD (!) and cleaned off the table so we had a place to sit and chat.

I was very happy I had switched rooms with Willow 'cos the girls went upstairs and spent a great two hours making lots of noise and playing with tons of toys! The downstairs was another matter! A bit of a shambles with dirty dishes and needing to vaccuum. I need more visitors to keep me on my toes!

Anyhow, I did get the dishes done later and went to the dump today. Can't do anything about the mud around the yard, though!

Then, of course, things are always happening that set me back. The Firebird went out to water the goats this afternoon and Nicolas was out (again). Nic was out back in the woods yelling 'cos he couldn't figure out how to get back in! (I told boss I think he is retarded. I know that expression is frowned upon, but he is a goat)

Firebird coaxed him down around the fence and Nic couldn't get back through the gate fast enough! (I wonder how long he had been "lost"?)

That meant walking the fenceline. We had to dig some snow out back to free the fifth line-the sixth is still disconnected. I think he is jumping the fence, though, so we found a spot by the rock wall where we rolled some stones down to make a bigger jump if that is where he is getting out.

I had a nightmare about a coyote getting one of the goats last night, and trying to chase it off unsuccessfully. Not good! So, at least we have another line hot on the back line!

The whole front pen is inches deep in thawed goat manure. Really bad this year! I think I am going to tear that part of the fence down and put it up out back and then seed out in front. I also might just block them off there for the summer and seed it. It does make a nice winter pen and I can see the goats from the house. If they just wouldn't stand there and poop all day! Go out in the woods! LOL.

nightmares

How do you wite about it? Sitting infront of a blank page at the wee hours, disgruntled, foggy with interrupted well needed sleep, torn from the sanctuary of warm nest and sweet dreams by a ringing phone at midnight.

Cursing the forgetfulness that left the phone in the bedroom, ignoring the rings and hearing the manic slurred voice at the other end begin yet another rambling message, demanding, insistent, which in later calls will lead to aggravated and slightly threatening.

Roll over and go back to sleep to have the phone ring again in twenty minutes-hopes of sleep dashed and replaced by a need to silence the intruder, out of bed unplugging phones, getting a glass of water, knocking glass of water on bed returning to same..

Attempt to return to sleep to hear jangling cat shrieks from the back yard. Leaping out of bed and nearly going through the window at the top of the steps in haste to get down same, half falling and tumbling down steps to knock over and step in the day's eggs that were sitting there..stumbling out the back door through the goose crap barefoot trying to see if the chicken killing fox from two nights ago has returned and killed the cat...

Retreating sounds crashing through the underbrush-all hope of sleep lost and now into the wee hours..

Edit note: 1:30 am the cat came in unscathed *claps*