Thursday May 19th

Thursday May 19th

The day started off the same again. We helped feed and started cleaning stalls. This morning, however, they sent us up to the Menagerie barn early to get started with the pigs. The pigs were especially amicable today. Even the big black pig on the end, Patrick (a fantastic pig name), just stayed in the corner and watched us clean his stall, and he even let us pet him once we were done (only once though).

Katherine and I decided to sweep and scrub the aisle in Menagerie (which we do not normally do) just to go the extra mile. Coincidentally (we really didn't know), there was a donor tour today. Thank god we cleaned a little extra today. When we came back down from Menagerie there was a large crowd of well-dressed older couples perusing the spotless barn. Apparently this happens once every few months in oder to raise enough mulah to keep the barn running. Unfortunately, at the worst possible time, Addie and Macy, 2 normally well behaved horses, decided to get in a skirmish in their neighboring stalls. There was some loud banging as the horses hit against the stalls walls and doors. The doors freaked out a bit as the were literally right next to the fight, and all of the barn hands came running. They calmed the horses down and switched Addie to a stall across the aisle where Cinna was. Hopefully this did not affect any of the donor's charitable inclinations.

We ended the day with a free Bread Co. catered lunch provided by the donors (chocolate chip cookie included!).