Winnie

Fact:  My house is definitely not a boring place to be quarantined.

On Monday, we launched remote learning.  I started remote learning as a teacher, and the kids started remote learning as pupils.  It has been a challenge.  We have terrible internet service here at home.  I drove to my parents house this week (Stand Down, Social Distancers!  No one was home!) so we could get some work done.  I recorded 15 videos of myself teaching.  Which was not awkward in the least.

On Tuesday, our cow Mildred had twins:  a boy and a girl.  The boy was a stillborn.  The girl seemed to be doing well and was active and nursing.

On Friday, my cute kitty Norma Jean Riley, surprised us by also having twins.  We did not realize she was pregnant.  We know Mama Kitty is pregnant.  We did not think Norma was.  One of Norma´s twins died also, so she just has one kitten.  I have named it Rio.  (Get it?  Short for Diamond Rio?  Get it?)

So, today.

Today, I did my daily check of the cows and I noticed that Mildred´s heifer calf, whose name is Winnie, was not near her.  But sometimes the cows leave the calves with other cows while they eat.  They have a nice nanny service going on out there.  So, I took my walk and I did not see Winnie.  When I came back around to Mildred, I noticed she looked very full of milk.  Then she seemed a bit fussy and she hurried off.  So, I followed her.

Her calf was laying all by herself and not looking well at all.  She tried to get up to nurse, but she could not.  So I called David to help me and Mildred tried to murder us both just because we looked at the calf.

David left to get the Bobcat and a rope, and more children.  We have plenty of children.

I really feel the need to stress to you just how much Mildred wanted us dead.  I really need you to grasp this.

So we try many different things and we are completely unsuccessful.  Finally, David tells me that he will keep Mildred away from me and I need to pick up Winnie and place her in the Bobcat bucket.

And I do.  And as soon as I place the calf in the bucket, David yells at me to run.

And run, I did.  Because Mildred was coming after me.  And I may look tough, but she would definitely win that battle.

I ran and ran and now my whole body is confused because it has not run in many years.

Winnie the calf is currently on the floor of our laundry room.  I do not think she will survive.  I am not sure what is wrong with her.  Maybe pneumonia.

We gave her some meds and have been trying to feed her.  She was unable to drink from the bottle, so we have been giving her little syringe fulls of milk.

So.  There you go.

Quarantine.  Day 28.