Happy lambs

Well done ewes!  9 lambs in two weeks.  Tess, Wilma, Velma and Velveeta all delivered healthy twins and Wanda gave birth to a singleton ewe lamb last night.  We are enjoying watching the lambs gambol in the field.  They are similar in temperament to happy toddlers; energetic, curious by nature and occasionally annoying to their mothers. 

 

In other news, nursing school continues at a fervent pace.  While we've been in the nursing lab practicing vitals on each other and learning other skills on dummies, we have yet to go into a "real" setting to practice.  This happens for the first time next weekend.   It's a little scary, but it helps to remember that all nurses have gone through a similar training process. 

And finally, the Farmers' Market opens up in our village this Thursday from 3-7pm.  Since I will be in class, my darling husband has hesitantly graciously offered to sit by our booth and sell my handspun yarn.  I've prepared a few cheat sheets for him so he knows a little bit about the product.  We He will also be selling lettuce and garlic scapes. 

It's been a little busy...

I know I missed First Friday, and I haven't updated you all on the lambs that have suddenly arrived.  Nursing school started and it's a bit overwhelming.  In addition to a gazillion pages of reading and skills modules, clinicals and lecture times, I am also trying to at least spend some quality time with the family, maintain the garden at a moderate level of weeds, make sure that all the lambs are thriving and get this new Farmers' Market off the ground.  So...there's very little time to write for leisure.  I don't recall ever being this tired before although I'm sure I was when I was in my first years of teaching.  I think I just need to acclimate to the new schedule, including the fact that I only get one out of every five weekends off (when the courses switch).  I do have some funny sheep and lamb stories to share and I'll try to post those with photos later this week.  Two sets of lambs arrived within 10 hours of each other when I was home alone and preparing for my first day of clinical (I predicted it was going to happen that way).  We have never had this many ovines on the property before and more are yet to come.