• baby calf
    Cattle

    Early Morning Check

    For the past 6 years or so I have been doing the midnight check during calving season. I had chosen this check because it was easier for me to stay up late then to get up early. This year, the schedule is different. Our son has taken the night check, my Farmer does the 2am check, which leaves me with the 5am check. In the past, this shift would NOT have worked for me. Remember I am not a morning person. However, with all the snow we had been plowing in February, which meant getting up at 3am to start, this 5am shift isn’t a problem this year. I seem…

  • East evening view
    Life

    I’ve been a little under the wintery weather lately….

    Wondering where I have been? I’ve been a little under the weather. The wintery weather, I mean. Snow, snow, snow and more snow. That’s been my life for the last week or so. Seven days straight of getting up at 3a.m. to plow snow. I believe it is wearing on me. I got the day off today so I had planned to sleep in. 5a.m. is not sleeping in! is what I am telling myself right now. This week has been a bit rough and I am a bit of a grumpy person right now. I need my sleep! As many know, I am not a morning person. Never have…