So after the fun adventures I decided to see how Carol lived on her farm. The kids were super sweet. There was a set of twins (James and Kate, 12) and the youngest (Troy, 10) that she looked after. While I had a lot of fun.. I realized again how bad I am at farm work.
One day we had to draft cattle. Which is where you separate the cows into different groups. There was one crazy white cow that jumped the fence. Which was real funny to see... until the dad ran and grabbed his shot gun. And shot it. Twice. But I guess that taught the other cows a lesson! That was a nice "welcome back to the farm!".
The second day Carol and I got to clean out a truck full of cow poop. Luckily Troy helped us out. Did I mention I don't get paid for hanging out at the farm? I get free meals and a room.. and don't get me wrong.. I am all about helping out with the chores. But in my head I was thinking of doing dishes, or help with the laundry. Not cleaning a truck full of poop. Haha. Apparently Carol and I were cleaning it too well. Which the kids told us later "well, you don't have to make it spotless! It's just gonna get pooped on again in a few days!". Which made so much sense.
It was a lot of fun (besides death and poo). I got into my first ever passion fruit fight. It's like a food fight. But only with passion fruit.
Carol and I went for jogs in the evenings which was an adventure in itself! Hearing laughing kookaburras and seeing kangaroos and wallibies hop away is very interesting.
We even went swimming in a waterhole! It was kind of a lagoon.. But I don't fully know what counts as a lagoon to be sure. We asked the kids if we should be worried about crocs and they said no.. so we kept swimming until we were exhausted.
I gave Kate a couple of items of clothing that I don't wear or it is getting too hot for. I guess she has been wearing them almost everyday. Hahaha.
Oh kids!
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