Can't believe I haven't found time to update you on all the things going on the past 10 days.
Work kept me awake for almost 23 hours last Tuesday evening (8/6) for upgrade issues. I volunteered to cover on-call for a co-worker while he had an evening out - only to have troubles come my way. I finally finished the tasks at 5:30 AM Wednesday morning... Just in time for Ben to remind me we needed to tend to the sick goat.
Yes, besides milking the goats twice a day; our first girl, Stella, came down ill. After a trip to the vet Tuesday afternoon and building fences and gates to give her a personal quite place to recover; we still don't have the test results back from the lab. Needless to say, I'll spare you all the gruesome details but will share that we 'think' she is doing great. The good news, as of now; she's never had a fever, lost her appetite, nor desired to be 'alone' (a typical characteristic for ailing goats). So I continue to pray and stay optimistic... she will be ok.
Onward! Ben pulled the forms off the concrete countertops and they turned out great. We have been letting them set up the rest of the week to follow-up this weekend with the slurry then polishing. Hopefully they will be ready for installation in the next week or so. (pictures to come).
The milk has been piling up in the refrigerator. I've managed to make more yogurt, butter, mozzarella and feta cheeses. Hoping this weekend to make more cheddar and parmesan and try some swiss or provolone cheese. These are a bit more labor intensive than the other items; but store easier and get better with age.
I started my on-call week again yesterday!!! -- I swapped with another co-working in hopes that when I need a favor or swap; they will remember I was a team player and helped them out. So last night wasn't too bad - in bed by 11pm - sleep light and paged at 5:30am. Had to get up anyway... So I'm spending my 'break' (afternoon between normal day's work and the evening work) -- sharing my thoughts.. Although I feel a little groggy, I will need to revisit this posting to see what I've forgotten, typo'd or just rambled on about. Only good thing about on-call week; Ben takes care of dinner, evening chores, and cleaning the kitchen. He usually pitches in; but he has to fly solo during this week.
You probably have noticed there hasn't been any weather updates -- because there's nothing to CHEER about!!! .. It is August - high hitting 100's and lows near mid 70's. NO RAIN; so we have been dragging the hoses around to give a bit of relief to the plants, pets and farm.
Hope everyone's summer is fun and ready for Autumn.
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