This week has been anything but normal. Papa Roo and my Gentle Giant left the farm on Sunday. PR went back to San Antonio for "official business" and my GG left for a week of "NO CHORES", focused God time, friends, and a sugar high. I saw all those snacks he packed. If the ants find his cabin, those boys are in for a battle. :)
That left the Chicken Girl and me to tend the farm and have some girl time, so we thought. Sunday evening, CG's stomach cramps from the past couple of days escalated into a fever and vomiting. By morning, she was miserable and doubled over in pain. That raised a flag for PR and myself. This child never complains about anything. Concerned that it may be something more serious than a bug, PR suggested I take her to the ER. Woa, wait a minute, did he just say ER? This is coming from a dad with a medical background. You must understand, we never take our kids to the doctor unless it is very, very serious. We believe in letting their immune systems do what they are designed to do. This was CG's first ER visit and she is almost eight. As it turns out, it was only a bug and a UTI (urinary tract infection). I must give kudos to the Ft. Belvoir medical staff. They were excellent! We were in and out in no time. Well, so much for our girls' day.
After a couple of days of recuperating, CG was back to normal. Yay! We can go have our girls' day before the guys get back. Not! Can you believe she chose spending time with her chickens over getting her nails done? She said, "Mom, I have been sick and haven't been able to love on them." "Spoiled", I say, "Pure spoiled"! Well, I guess there were plenty of chores we needed to do anyway. There were weeds to be pulled from the garden, grass to be cut, chicken pens to be cleaned, food and water to be filled. Uggh! I want my nails done!!!!
Okay, I know this is really why you are reading this post. You want to know about the squirrel. While CG was loving on the broilers, I was mowing. No, we don't have a riding lawn mower. I guess I could say I was working out in my outdoor gym :) Yeah, that is what I was doing. Anyway, I looked over into the edge of the woods where we have a small trap. Yep, you know where this is going, right? For a split second I thought, "Oh that is what is eating our corn, a squirrel". Then, I realized, the squirrel was in the trap. We have never caught anything in that trap! The guys are gone. It's us two girls and a squirrel. I stopped the mower, took out my earbuds and called for CG to bring my gloves and her herding stick :) Oh, joy, I don't even know how this thing works. Guess I should have had Papa Roo teach me how to catch and release. LOL!
Okay, okay, I think we can do this. Let's try again :)
I don't know who is more nervous, us or the squirrel.
Guess that didn't work!
Are you done laughing yet? I have to admit, it was pretty funny, but only after the fact. We were successful in releasing the squirrel, however, we needed all four hands to do it so there is no proof in the video! LOL!
That's it! Today we are having that Girls' Day, complete with lunch at the Pinkalicious Tea House:)
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