I'm taking a sick day today...started sneezing a couple days ago, then yesterday I had a sore throat, and today I have a fever. It's just a cold, and I don't feel super duper awful, but I called out from work so as to keep from sharing my germs with all my coworkers.
Of course, when one has a homestead, there are always morning and evening chores to be done, even when one is sick. This is mostly routine stuff, but occasionally slightly more memorable things happen. For example, I now step more carefully over the electric fence! (See Wednesday's post for that story.)
Well, this morning, I learned another lesson...
Normally my shoes are enough insulation so that I can touch the fence with my bare hand, and it's just a light zap - quite tolerable... not even strong enough to call it painful.
If any uninsulated part of my body is in contact with the ground when I touch the fence, however, I get a pretty hearty zap.
This morning, I learned that this also applies if one's goat is nibbling one's finger when one touches the electric fence.
Oops. Sorry, little goat...
The end. 😝
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