49th and 50th bound!!

There must be something in the water here because I have somehow become the clumsy accident prone one!! I kid you not. If we were a warehouse with one of those light up signs that says so and so days since we've had an accident I would've been the one that knocked it down to zero again. So it was a typical day outside and Daniel and I were getting ready to give the babies in Hansi dewormer. Now that they've been building up their rumens we let them graze the arena full of hay and such during the day. So since there are 61 babies total to deworm you can imagine one would want some organization. So we decided to lure them back to Hansi with alfala hay. Of course we didn't have any left in the grain bin so I went to load a bale of it onto the golf cart. Now working on a farm I've come to realize how important it is to be smart and not kill your back. I'm still pretty bad at it always having an achy back after hoof care but that day I thought I'd use my head and problem solve how to load this heavy bale of hay. So I rolled it on a green cart which was level to the golf cart and rolled the bale on. In my head I was doing a little dance and was proud of myself but that idea went POOF!! and disappeared as I also watched the golf cart disappear before my eyes...into the milk stand! ALWAYS TAKE THE KEY OUT OF THE GOLF CART IGNITION! Yet another important rule I won't soon forget. Yup the golf cart went pedal to the medal right into our precious milk stand. That baby had so much force it went a little underneath and pushed the milk stand into the grain bin on the other side. Well folks, there is a god and I have good karma (which I've now used all up) because nothing serious was broken and the milking system still works perfectly fine. I was so terrified I had damaged part of the livelihood of the farm. You know what the best part of the accident was? Eva's reaction. Her and Angela rushed out from the office and checked on me to make sure I was ok and then she started laughing and took a picture!! So yes, below is a picture of me laughing/crying while Ghira and Angela comfort me haha. Sometimes we have to learn our lessons the hard way....and you can bet I won't be leaving any keys in anything that moves again.

So that was the excitement recently. Like Eva's grandson your probably concerned about the golf cart. It got a little banged up but with Sean's maintenance skills slash skill in cleaning up after the not so bright intern moments it's doing just fine. In fact, that was another project I had this week. Eva bought some fabric and had me figure out how to reupholster the golf cart seats. I have great memories of helping papa reupholster one of the many antique chairs mom and dad bought but it's a lot different when you don't have papa there to help haha. Not to mention having to deal with warped screws and rusted out washers, etc. But after a full day of taking the seats apart, fixing them, and putting them back I did it! It felt good to accomplish a remodeling task like that alone. There were definitely a lot of choice words involved and sweat but I have to say I think the golf cart is looking pretty sharp.

So besides running into things work has been the usual. A few of the mamas that gave birth have been eating less so we've been spoiling them with ficus branches, alfalfa pellets and molasses drinks. All the goats also have access to baking soda on the goat walk now. It helps with tummy aches...who would've thought! We've been giving the babies rounds of vaccinations and dewormer. Working with so many babies can be crazy sometimes...as you can see below this is what they do with your hair by time your done. I left it that way to show my co-worker in the dairy and the tourists were looking at me like I was crazy haha. I also tackled some hoof care with Daniel. We did the Pond ladies and Mandolin kept biting me!! I was so mad at her I had to get Daniel to hold her head away from me. You'd think they'd be happy to get a mani and pedi haha. Below are before and after pics of Spatz's hooves...they get back quick and shes one of those goats that gets hoof care often. You can see I didn't do a perfect job BUT theyr'e much better than they were.

Superbowl Sunday I got to actually watch the game and do something fun! Nalani took me and Daniel home with her to Hana. I've been wanting to go to Hana since I got here and it exceeded my expectations and hype. It was absolutely gorgeous! I cant' even imagine growing up in such a beautiful place. The road to Hana is well known but I didn't think it was as bad (to drive) as everyone says. It's just really really windey. I actually felt a little nauseous haha so next time I'm taking a ginger ale. It took us a while to get there because it was so beautiful we wanted to take a lot of pics and Nalani acted as our tour guide and took us to some good stops along the way, including "halfway to hana" to get the best banana bread I've ever had as well as some coconut candy. When we got to Hana itself we went to Nalani's sister's for the day. They have a HUGE living room with picnic tables which is perfect for their family's size. They are a group of 12 siblings!! So we met a lot of her family and spent the day watching the game and eating good food. It's amazing how welcoming and loving people can be here. I'm very thankful to have Nalani here...she is a piece of home away from home and has taken a sort of motherly role on for us interns. Daniel and I also snuck away for a little bit to black sand beach which is literally a short ways down the road from Nalani's sister's. Her family has a lot of land right there in that area. Can you imagine?! Right at black sand beach are the Waianapanapa caves...you can read the story of the caves on the sign below. The water was SO clear. Daniel jumped in but it was way too chilly for me. I can't wait to go back to Hana again.

Do you spot Nalani??

Nalani's brother Tony's fruit stand! He has the BEST avocados I've ever had

This last week another new intern arrived! Her name is Kelly and she reminds me so much of all my sorority sisters at home. She's a true country girl with lots of camo and an awesome bubbly personality. I can tell she's going to be a lot of fun : ) The only problem was we thought she was arriving Feb 14 when she was actually coming the 4th! So Daniel and I had about 2 hours to completely clean out and organize the intern room for her since Alicia is staying a little longer than planned and there's no shed for her. And boy there was A LOT of junk in there from past interns. We threw out a lot of stuff. But it was ready just in time.

I'm gonna end this post with THE BEST NEWS EVER!!! My Little Bit and Teo's Piccola have been sold together as pets!! A women wanted two small goats to live with her in Molokai and Eva chose our babies. I'm so happy they will live happily together with a new owner. They also get a private plane ride haha. They leave Thursday and though I'm sad (and pretty sure I'll shed a tear or two) they'll be leaving I'm so happy we found them a good home.