Eva’s Friends

[lightm]

For my part, the sheriff's office I applied to back in January finally did give me a conditional job offer! It's the first I've ever gotten from anywhere. It's exciting, but I'm less than thrilled about the location.

Congratulations! Maybe you can get relocated some point in the future?

 

[Callender Girl]

I understand not remembering what happened if you don't write it down fairly soon. I try to write in my journal every day before the memories or facts escape from my head.

Anything more on the job offer? Location is important, but maybe you could transfer elsewhere after you get some experience, as @lightm suggested? One of my friends just took a job in Illinois with a company that has locations throughout the Midwest. He's hoping to transfer to Iowa after a year.

Eva's expression in the photo says it all, doesn't it? Annie looks quite comfy in the bed, and isn't it nice that she's trying to help you with that wooden block? My Speckled Sussex, Bronwyn, likes to help me every chance she gets. She is especially talented at scratching and digging into piles of stuff I have just scooped, scattering poop and litter all over the coop floor again. And, she'll gladly help in others' coops, too, not just her own.

How's you weather? It's been a steam bath here for days. Even if when it's only in the high 70s, the humidity has been above 90 percent so the air is thick, sticky and unpleasant. My riding mower is out of commission, so I've been trying to mow with the much-smaller walk-behind mower. But I have to wait until the grass is dry enough, which is, of course, the hottest part of the day.

Luckily, the mower is battery operated, and by the time the batteries are worn down, so am I. It's taken me two days to do the large part of the north lawn, and I think there's still 3 days to go. By the time I finish, I will need to start all over again!

 

[Evadig]

I really think I will need to go back to bi-weekly posts, even if they're just short. I cannot remember what happened yesterday, let alone last week!

Sally is not feeling well; I don't know what the matter is with her. She won't drink her electrolyte water, nor regular water for that matter. She was lying down all day by herself. Her wings keep falling down; they don't stay folded like normal wings. She doesn't have a limp or anything. Maybe I should post in the Emergency thread, but they weren't able to help last time.

Ms. Rose and Betsy Lee got over their colds with no help from me.

I finally got ahold of my recruiter; he says he thinks the waivers will be approved in another month, but I need to take a test to prove I don't have asthma. And that process can take time, so I wish he'd told me about it earlier.

I think I'm going to decline the dispatch job. While it would be nice to move out now, I feel my duty is here, at least until winter. There's so many loose ends around here, with the house still in the finishing stages of reconstruction. It should be done by then, especially if I'm here to help. And if I stay, I can go to the community college and get my EMT certification, which will help me in the military if I end up becoming a medic as planned. I guess I'm writing all this to help convince myself I'm doing the right thing. It's hard - I hate telling people no. Do you have any advice for how to decline a job offer?

Congratulations! Maybe you can get relocated some point in the future?

Thank you! A similar job actually just opened up in a nearby city, so that's always a possibility!

I understand not remembering what happened if you don't write it down fairly soon. I try to write in my journal every day before the memories or facts escape from my head.

I write in a diary every night, but somehow the facts that end up there don't help much in writing these posts!

How's you weather? It's been a steam bath here for days. Even if when it's only in the high 70s, the humidity has been above 90 percent so the air is thick, sticky and unpleasant.

Highs of 90F (but feels like 100+) with 70% humidity. It's awful. Worst part is, unlike Louisiana where it's consistently hot, here you have a week of hot weather and then two days of nice temperature, like 70ish. It just makes the heat that much hotter when it returns.

I wouldn't have imagined it was so humid in Iowa!

My riding mower is out of commission, so I've been trying to mow with the much-smaller walk-behind mower. But I have to wait until the grass is dry enough, which is, of course, the hottest part of the day.

How much acreage do you have? We have one (that needs to be mowed) so we just have the power mower. I can't imagine mowing anything more than one acre with that thing!

Just seconds after, she bit my finger - hard.

Annie

Finnegan

Lucy and Betsy Lee in background

Finnegan again

Brianna

The shades of Betsy Lee

Flock of birds

The flag proudly waving over the duck coop

The Stinkers

Bee on flower