An extra half hour sleep in and then down to milk. All good for the second day of the new calves on the feeder. It seems that the pellets Robyn brought over are a hit too. Unless it's Flora that has cleaned them out. I'll have to keep an eye out for that.
It threatened to storm all day again today. It finally rained for about half an hour just before midnight. Just enough to stop me putting hay away tomorrow on my day off, and get the washing soaked through. The pastures and plants will love it though.
Jaffa and Sorcha and their calves finally found the gap and were socialising with Annie's mob by mid afternoon. I took the sheep some surplus cos lettuces, expecting them to hoe in. They couldn't have been less interested, so I put them out by the water trough for the cows to find later.
I had a phone consultation with a Dr from the local clinic who, finally after two other doctors said they would over the last nine years, sent a referral to the Charles Heart Clinic for a heart stress test. She also wrote me a script for Saxenda, a weight loss drug also used for diabetes. Unfortunately it's not covered by medicare for weight loss, despite the fact that people over a certain BMI would probably save the govt a heap in future care by losing some weight.
The govt just isn't into preventative medicine, or they'd probably fund dental care too. Anyway, for me it will be about $80 a week for the next year. Unless I get diabetes and then it's about $6 a week. It would work out better to fund me to prevent diabetes than treat once I get it, but hey. That's an extra shift a week to pay for that, I'll have to give it some thought.
Here's some photos from the woolies Christmas party.
Formal group shot at Little Rivers Brewery
The feeding and drinking, Geoff at right in back
Pete, Shane, Juliet and Geoff over the back, and Mitchell.
Mitchell, Shane and Juliet
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