I didn't get a chance to post last night, mainly because I couldn't think of much to write about. I guess I'll just wrap it into tonight's post.
May 23rd Highs
The rescue I foster for contacted me about a kitten emergency. Eight five-ish-week-old kittens were urgently in need of a place to stay for about a week, and of course I said I would take them, because who wouldn't want eight kittens to play with? My daughter (Olivia) and fiance (Justin) did point out to me that I am in fact allergic to cats, but I figure I'll just load up on antihistamines and eye drops and the kitten snuggles will make it all worth it :)
One of the hens sitting on eggs in our barn hatched out seven or eight chicks today! In addition to the 14 that we hatched in the incubator, we have two more hens sitting on nests. One has about a dozen eggs and the other has about eighteen. We definitely won't have a chicken or egg shortage around here anytime soon.
Olivia decided about two weeks ago that she wanted to make homemade pizzas as a family for dinner sometime. I got the stuff while I was shopping the other day and we finally made them tonight. She made a delicious black olive pizza with extra cheese, and I made a taco pizza. Seeing how excited and proud she was that she made dinner made me so happy.
May 23rd Lows
It's freaking hot. Its only May and its already in the nineties with around 75% humidity. It makes it hard to want to do anything productive. Olivia had been asking for two days to go for a night ride on the horses, but we were just so exhausted that we called it a night. We had been putting off making the pizzas because I didn't want to turn the oven on. This is my first year living in the south and I was not prepared for spring to end and summer to begin so soon.
May 24th Highs
This morning we got up around 6:30 to go riding, figuring we could be back before it started getting too hot. We set out around 8:15 and rode to the water tower to pay our water bill. We made it back to the barn around two and a half hours later, but it was already getting close to 90 degrees. We hosed the horses down, put them away, and came inside for lunch and a nap.
May 24th Lows
One of the kittens made a downhill turn and wasn't looking so good, but after some TLC is doing better. Hopefully he'll keep improving from here.
When I went out to the barn tonight, I opened the tack room door and spotted the rear eight inches of a copperhead behind the grain bin. Of course, I was wearing flip flops and hadn't grabbed my gun, since I was just running out to feed the animals and give the kittens their medicine. I ran back inside, changed into my boots, and grabbed my gun and a flashlight. By the time I got back out to the barn, the snake had disappeared. I moved stuff around with a long stick but didn't end up finding it. I was pretty disappointed, since I haven't gotten to shoot a snake with my new gun yet. Maybe he'll be back in the morning. At least I learned my lesson and I'll know to bring my gun next time. This is the second time I've gone out to the barn wearing flip flops without my gun and nearly stepped on a copperhead.
This weekend is supposed to bring record heat for Memorial Day weekend. Wish us luck.
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