Ahhh so much work, so little time! I got it all done, though, which is good. I do have some ridiculous exams coming up, so I'll be pretty preoccupied with them over the next 2 weeks...After meeting some friends for dinner, I went with my friend Lindsay to visit her cow at the barn. My school has a herd of dairy cattle and offers a program called CREAM. Students are responsible for the health, breeding, milk production, feeding and costs of running a working 26-cow dairy herd (out of however many there actually are - maybe 100?). Also, each student gets an individual cow to care for in particular.
So we visited her cow, Vache, for a little bit (<= that's her, off to the side). She's the sweetest thing! She's really big, but gentle (well... for a cow). She loves having her ears scratched! And you can tell that Linds is taking excellent care of her. She's so clean and her tail is so fluffy! Trust me, it's VERY hard to keep a cow clean!!! (& she's even won "best groomed" a few times) ^_^
We also visited some of the calves, although you can only pet the males (as they won't be joining the herd and will be purchased). SOOO CUTE. The one male who was there this time was only about two days old! I scratched him all over and played with his hooves, which were still soft! As soft as say, your heel or the balls of your feet rather than a hard hoof.
::A bull calf I met last spring::It's kind of weird because I was going to be in the program if I hadn't changed my major from prevet medicine. Actually, I would have done it regardless if my new schedule wasn't filled until graduation, with no free time to spare... but then I'd have to get up at 3am some days... err, maybe I can live with my current situation!
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