What did you do today?

[Nanno]

Well, the little sick goat appears to be recovered, and the owners are home at least for the weekend so I get a break. One of the new LaMancha kids is the coolest color. She's a silvery dark chocolate with black hindquarters and a narrow white belt. There's a perfectly round spot right in the middle of her back and the white belt goes around it. It makes her look like she has an eye on her back. I told the owner she should name her "Illuminati".

Yesterday Phil held goats for me while I drew blood. I've got to get the girls' CAE tests done before they start kidding. It was a bit of an ordeal because I'm not very proficient and the goats are rather hairy at the moment, and several were quite uncooperative. Sputnik gave us some severely dirty looks when we were through with him, and Jezebel was so naughty I went through needle after needle in my attempts to get blood. I eventually gave her a spanking after she left hoof marks on my arms, legs, and face. She held still after that and I finally got the blood sample. Luckily she doesn't hold grudges like Sputnik. Sputnik, despite his violent thrashing at the poke of the needle and his dirty looks afterwards, accepted cookies as a peace offering and forgot the whole incident after about two minutes, which is a major record for him. Usually if I have to do anything to him that's even mildly uncomfortable he won't forgive me for several days to a week. This didn't happen at all, and after we were done drawing blood he followed me happily over the the truck, and Phil and I took he and Finn for a wonderful walk around Cuzco's old stomping grounds in the greenspace behind our old house in Colorado City.