So. A lot has happened.
We just found out schools will be out for a few weeks to help control the spread of the virus. We had no time to prepare our students, send them home with anything, or even say goodbye. I am hoping to connect with the kids through online learning, however, I do not think all of my students have access to internet at home.
David and I braved Costco this weekend to make sure we are all stocked up on what we need so we do not have to leave the house much.
Me: Well, at least we know we will not starve!
David: Yeah. I mean, I guess we can butcher a cow and cook it over the wood stove.
Me: !
Me: What on earth do you think is going to happen? I just think we are going to have a well-stocked pantry.
And my cows are for companionship, not for nourishment.
I have sad news, Readers.
David sold my cute calf, Jesse James.
I could not bear to watch the transaction. But I had a lot to say when the deal was done.
Me: Did you tell them his name?
David: Nope.
Me: Did you introduce them to his mom?
David: Nope.
Me: Did you tell them he was born to Babs on August 5, 2019?
David: Nope.
Me: Did you tell them that your wife could send them the video of his actual birth, plus several photos of his first six months of life?
David: Nope.
It´s almost like it was all for naught.
Oh! And here is a newsflash:
Taylor knows nothing about cows about to go into labor.
I have been religiously checking cows every morning and every evening, hoping for signs of impending labor. And I will be 100% sure that one of the gals is about to bring joy into my life. And so far, I have been 100% wrong.
The new puppy, Charlie, fancies going along with me to check on the stock.
Charlie is not one bit afraid of cows. And she should be. She has made enemies out of them and they wish to murder her.
In the above photo, you can see her getting close to a bull calf named Coco. Moments later, she decides to jump on him and play bite him and try to get him to play with her.
He moos like a big baby and runs away.
Charlie follows and barks and jumps and bites.
And just like that, EVERY cow, not just Coco´s mama, started their angry mooing sounds and went after Charlie.
And Charlie jumped on out of the way and ran off.
Only to come and jump up and try to bite a cow´s tail moments later.
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I hope you are all well. Things feel a bit out of sorts with this virus. It is so weird to have so many things shut down and canceled.
Stay safe and healthy, Friends!
Sounds like Charlie is a bit “lonely” for a playmate, but it seems like your family has at least one other dog, maybe more.. Hope she learns to keep away from the cows before she is seriously hurt! Too bad about the sale of Jesse James, and no baby calves!
Good luck with the school closings. Maryland closed theirs today, notice went out last Thursday. In Ohio, my grandkids have ipads to use in school and they were allowed to take them home. In Utah the ipads went home also, but the story is how do they teach on them in the home? Idaho has not closed their schools, guess they think no sick persons will contaminate their state.
My teacher daughter was required to send home ten days of work (nothing new, no new instruction just review), 200 minutes per day. Every child in her school has a chrome book which helps tremendously. In her county every child grade 3-5 has one, but a nearby community supplied them to grades K-2 in her school so yay! But she teaches first grade so they sent home some digital work and some paper work. She has some cute bingo activity sheets for math, reading, and science/social studies and I’m sure she’d be happy to share if that’s something you could use. They put the packets together and then parents went to the school for pick up. A lot of work for the teachers but it’s going pretty well so far. She has to keep office hours (be available and logged on) from 7:45-3:30 daily and she keeps busy. She has uploaded videos of herself doing their ‘morning meeting’ with a question of the day as well as read alouds of the chapter book she was reading after lunch each day. Strange times for sure….take care!