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yes. i'm sporting a lovely hued bruise on my arm put there by a very pissed off cow's hind leg.
now, i can say...i've been kicked by a cow.
:-)
actually, i wasn't in a position that would have rendered me unconscious, so, i'm glad for that because when hoof meets head...look out!
i have to say, i am so damned exhausted and stuck working here 12 hours today to make up for not coming in on thursday. we got back a little late from cow surgery and well, you know how these things go...who in the heck feels like driving an hour and then some to get to the "paying job" after a day chock full of bovine world?
exhaustion aside, i loved this week! it was fun and an amazing learning experience. i really am loving large animal medicine. it's been a 99.5% awesome experience for me these past few months.
the other 5%??? well, i won't share that. it was/is a bummer. i'll leave it at that.
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i've lost all muscle tone i had in my legs from all of the running. that saying is true: "use it or lose it". the bright side is that summer is right around the corner and morning runs will soon be back on the schedule. i miss those. sunday has become my laundry/cleaning/cat-grooming/car-gas-filling/
schoolwork/grocery shopping/catching-up with sleep day. needless to say there aren't enough hours in the day for all of it. i usually end up sleeping in and hand washing farm pants and half heartedly combing out the kitties. i did manage to clean out their ears really well last weekend.
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driving is still a pain in the butt. i must have a sign on the top of my car that says, "Please cut me off to make a right turn, I love that!" it's a tiring game getting bullied by SUVs and oversized pick-ups...they pull up next to me really close in hopes to intimidate me into backing off so that they can speed up, cut me off and make the right turn. no turn signals, no nothing...
idiots.
my view is that if you want to speed in the left lane, than you should get stuck in the left lane until the right lane is free. because cutting someone off is the just the same as seeing a long line at the grocery store and deciding you want to be the second person in the line. it's not right, not fair, rude as hell AND you can cause an accident.
my new motto (forgive the cussword)
"if you're in a hurry, grow fucken wings"
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i may just have to get a bumper sticker made up.
ciaoNmeow!