:)
It's official-- I'm a paid barn worker! Yay!
Every Monday through Friday, starting next week, I have to let Sharon's 3 horses out, feed/water them, clean their stalls, and clean up the barn. Awesome.
Well, it does suck a tiny bit that I have to be there at 7am, but that's what the horses are used to so I'm willing to sacrifice a few hours of sleep so as not to throw off their routine.
The good part is, I'm getting paid $20 a day. That's like getting that much per hour because it's not going to take me much longer to do everything! Plus, Sharon said that if I find that it takes me much longer than that *and* I do a quality job, she's willing to pay me even more. O_O I am so NOT doing this for the money-- hell, I'd probably do it for free!-- but you gotta admit that's a pretty sweet deal. Maybe I *won't* need to move to Kentucky afterall, haha.
I'm sure it's going to take me a little while to get used to working with these particular horses since they all have their individual quirks, just like humans do, but I'm not worried. I'm sure once I get a routine established everything will be great. Since I'll be the first one in the barn every morning, I'll have to take the proper action if, say, a horse gets injured during the night or loses a shoe, etc. etc. It's a lot of responsibility, but I know I can handle it. Still, I hope there aren't any major mishaps during my first few weeks! ;p
Well, I guess that's it for now. I may write another entry tonight on my family's yard sale that was this morning, but we'll see. We're about to head out the door to go to China Buffet, but I couldn't wait to share the good news with my faithful readers, hehe.
Every Monday through Friday, starting next week, I have to let Sharon's 3 horses out, feed/water them, clean their stalls, and clean up the barn. Awesome.
Well, it does suck a tiny bit that I have to be there at 7am, but that's what the horses are used to so I'm willing to sacrifice a few hours of sleep so as not to throw off their routine.
The good part is, I'm getting paid $20 a day. That's like getting that much per hour because it's not going to take me much longer to do everything! Plus, Sharon said that if I find that it takes me much longer than that *and* I do a quality job, she's willing to pay me even more. O_O I am so NOT doing this for the money-- hell, I'd probably do it for free!-- but you gotta admit that's a pretty sweet deal. Maybe I *won't* need to move to Kentucky afterall, haha.
I'm sure it's going to take me a little while to get used to working with these particular horses since they all have their individual quirks, just like humans do, but I'm not worried. I'm sure once I get a routine established everything will be great. Since I'll be the first one in the barn every morning, I'll have to take the proper action if, say, a horse gets injured during the night or loses a shoe, etc. etc. It's a lot of responsibility, but I know I can handle it. Still, I hope there aren't any major mishaps during my first few weeks! ;p
Well, I guess that's it for now. I may write another entry tonight on my family's yard sale that was this morning, but we'll see. We're about to head out the door to go to China Buffet, but I couldn't wait to share the good news with my faithful readers, hehe.
posted by Erica at 3:59 PM
4 Comments:
That is awesome Erica! I'm so glad to hear that you got that job afterall, and better yet, you even get paid to work with the horses :) Congratulations!
-Travis
Hehe, thanks! I wonder if this means I can join IU 110 as well as IU 660? ;)
What, do they have a "horse workers" branch over there as well? lol.
Well, 110 is for anyone who works on a farm, so yeah, I guess they do! There's probably like 5 unionized stable hands in the whole US though. :p
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