LOL. We used to have a farm full of livestock when I was younger. As a kid, I raised a "dummy calf" named Annabelle. Had to leave her behind when we went overseas. When we came back, only pets still around were the ******** horse (that horse was seriously an a-hole) and Anabelle. A few years later she got really sick & the vet had to come out to treat her & saw how much I doted on her and how hard I cried when she had to be put down, so when he had another dummy calf, he called to see if we wanted her since she needed a loving home. We picked her up and I raised her. Then a bull next door broke the fence and impregnanted her and she had a baby. We only have the 2 cows. If they weren't so much work I wish we still had chickens and goats. Both chickens and goats keep the weeds down. The chickens will dig up seeds and prevent trees from growing where we don't want them and the goats will eat the weeds and keep stuff down too.
Back in the day we had horses, the cow, goats, pigs, dogs, turkeys, geese, ducks, chickens, pigeons, quail, dogs, cats, gerbils, and hamsters. I used to carry a 50lb sack of feed on each shoulder and happily put feed out for the critters. I also helped hold the goats still for deworming. Goats were playful so I got to pet them and play with them. My pigs loved being petted too. I groomed the horses & enjoyed going for long walks in the back field with about 20 to 40 out of the 60+ cats following me.
Nowadays I couldn't do the heavy lifting and don't have the energy, but I enjoyed that when I was younger.
So, Mom woke me up 3 minutes before my alarm went off because she seems to have forgotten that I always set alarms for things and did not need a reminder to go pick my brother up. Being woken up before my alarm makes me incredibly cranky. LOL. My brother called when I was on the way and I pulled over to answer and told him I was on the way. Listened to Mortal Kombat theme song the entire way back to keep myself awake. Mom woke me up again in the middle of the night needing her blood sugar checked. It was 44 so I got her some candy and apple juice. She's fine now.
AT&T called this morning to say they fixed the line and it was broken somewhere in town. I think the guy said "a bad collar" but the phone woke me so I was too tired to think clearly. But I'm so relieved that is taken care of. And the line was clear sounding with no buzzing or static.
My Amazon orders haven't arrived at the post office yet so I don't have to go in and get mail. I can wait until Monday when I take Mom for her doctor appointment.
I'm going to get some rest today, I hope. LOL.