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my body hates me for a little while now
Sep. 2nd, 2004 04:32 pmI am on the verge of rescinding my moderately strong vegetarian beliefs. I just spent a couple of hours trying to shoo some *stupid* *stupid* *stupid* cattle off this land. They got in through the fence somehow and had been stripping the garden as well as pooping all over the place.
I undid a segment of the fence and tried to herd them back out through it. Two of the cattle happily wandered through, but the other two steadfastly refused. Actually, I'm being a little over-critical calling them stupid. They probably have every reason to think that if a human wants them to go in that direction then it is the very last thing they should consider.
The one who is stupid is clearly me. Here was me, running back and forth across the damn paddock trying to head them off each time they'd start off in the wrong direction again. I was doing all this after I'd been up for half the day and had forgotten to have breakfast yet. After something more than an hour of this my lungs were aching, my legs were all trembly, and now I have a headache. Yep, much dumber than a cow.
Oh well, at least I got a little exercise instead of just sitting in front of the computer all day. I should probably be more careful though. Good way to get a heart attack.
I undid a segment of the fence and tried to herd them back out through it. Two of the cattle happily wandered through, but the other two steadfastly refused. Actually, I'm being a little over-critical calling them stupid. They probably have every reason to think that if a human wants them to go in that direction then it is the very last thing they should consider.
The one who is stupid is clearly me. Here was me, running back and forth across the damn paddock trying to head them off each time they'd start off in the wrong direction again. I was doing all this after I'd been up for half the day and had forgotten to have breakfast yet. After something more than an hour of this my lungs were aching, my legs were all trembly, and now I have a headache. Yep, much dumber than a cow.
Oh well, at least I got a little exercise instead of just sitting in front of the computer all day. I should probably be more careful though. Good way to get a heart attack.