1/6/2020
(Above: This morning, I began painting the Master Blend freezer room’s gate area a new color. The hues that have been utilized thus far really does remind me of a Carribean Resort.)
Active Summary: After the early morning regimen*, I returned to Jacobhouse where I wrote for another forty minutes. This was ensued by my venturing out to the Master Blend freezer room and beginning the process of painting the metal gate area. I started by rolling the paint on** and then ended up switching to the brush. In total, I spent about 1.5 to 2 hours, and I think I have about 45 minutes left.
(6:26 PM Update:) This afternoon I engaged in daily beef-herd related tasks, planned a small calf treatment/vaccination chute with Padre, briefly organized the Master Blend freezers, and checked the pasture. I also performed a small arugula harvest before heading back indoors where I am now about to engage in some creative writing.
TIL: I found an interesting fact while researching something for a piece of writing I’ve been working on, and it concerns the amount of time that a newborn child can survive without sustenance. Apparently, infants are born with so much extra fluid that they can live for five to six days without nourishment, and even with nourishment, they often lose 10% of their body weight in fluids within a week of birth. This adaptation came about to help account for various birth and post-natal difficulties (e.g. injuries / colostrum sometimes not being produced for 1-2 days after birth).
Similarly, newborn calves can go for 5 days without nourishment. In all cases, however, it is ideal that the freshly born youngling – bovine or human – imbibes colostrum within the first 5 hours so as to receive maximum value from the prevalent immunoglobulins. Absorption of these antibodies drops drastically after 12-24 hours.
Commentary: One week from now, my brother and I will be enjoying our first full day in Paris. I foresee much rest, some delicious food, and plenty of novel sightseeing. For now, though, I will content myself with looking out on the sun-filled garden; that, and the cavorting bovines in the north field just adjacent to the Jacobhouse lot.
*Calisthenics, writing, and checking the beef pasture with Padre. If this regimen changes, I will note it in the active summary.
** The roller really helped speed up the process. It holds much more paint than bristles do and thus does not have any trouble saturating the pits in the metal. Still, I did end up using a brush, because it is able to access crannies that the roller cannot.