Ahhhh! Early Mornings!

Hello!

I am all packed to go and prepared to go on the plane.  Hopefully I will not get lost during my transfer in Toronto.  I am getting a bit nervous but also quite excited.  I promised a rough sketch of my daily schedule while I am there so here is what Terry sent me:

June:

5:30 wake 
6:00 chores--feed/water chickens, hens, pigs; milk cows
8-12 various work--construction, fencing, pick up chicks, garden, etc
12:00 lunch
1-3 various --cutting pork, smoking bacon, packaging meat, washing eggs, make granola, cooking, baking bread
3-6 chores--feed/water chickens, hens, pigs; move all poultry pens; milk cows
6:00 supper
evening (if necessary)--making sausage, packaging, cutting meat


July-Oct (chicken butchering season begins; therefore busier)

5:30 (sometimes as early as 4:00) wake up
(if earlier it is usually to package chickens killed the day before)
6:00 chores--feed/water chickens, hens, turkeys, pigs; milk cows
8-3 (with a quick break for lunch) butchering chickens (usually around 3 days a week)
3-6 chores--feed/water chickens, hens, turkeys, pigs; move all poultry pens; milk cows
6:00 supper
evening --making sausage, packaging, cutting meat, washing eggs, garden, etc.

I hope this gives you a good idea of what I will do.  I will be able to let you know soon what it looks like from my first, sleep-deprived perspective.