Difficult Goodbyes

Now that I have internet at my new house on campus, I can finally post another update! So hello there! Thanks for hanging in there over the past weeks.

Saying goodbye to Georgie

So I'm back at school now and just finished my first week of classes. It's definitely a huge transition from this summer and I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to be back on the farm. But I am already trying to get companion animal research ideas together so I can get back down there next summer through the internship program.

It was definitely hard to say goodbye to the farm, especially the farm crew and the two calves I had been bottle feeding for last few days prior to leaving. But I'm excited to get to go back down later this month to collect the final data and hope to spend another summer down there.  

Georgie, one of the calves whom I was feeding because no cows would claim her...but I did. She was probably the hardest to say goodbye to. She was my rock when it came to the calves cause the others had passed but she was a fighter and quite the pig. Unfortunately, after I left, I found out she had passed. It hit me pretty hard. I just couldn't believe it. But I will never forget her, especially since she gave me a scar from falling while I was feeding her. I love you Georgie!

On the drive back north, it didn't feel like I was going home. This farm had become my home and I was leaving. It was bittersweet to say the least. I miss it with all my heart but it motivates me to work hard in school so I can go back my home and do the things I love to do and see everyone again.

So to Dixon Springs, I say, I will see you again!