Alright, I have a very serious, very unhinged question.
This one is specifically for @Kailyn Lowry, because I feel like you’re the only person in the public sphere who will understand where my brain just went.
So, I’m out here doing my #farmchores. It’s “Worming Day.” It’s no one’s favorite day. The goats are throwing a fit, the donkey is acting like I’m trying to murder him, and the miniature cow has decided she now identifies as a bison and is uncatchable. I’m covered in mud, sweat, and a suspicious amount of what I hope is just mud.
I’m on my last goat, wrestling him into a headlock, and I’ve got the giant syringe of apple-flavored dewormer paste. He thrashes his head, and I get a giant glob of it right on my hand.
And I just… paused.
I’m standing there, looking at this sticky, apple-scented paste, and the darkest, most intrusive thought pops into my head: “I mean, we’re all out here drinking the same well water…”
So, @Kailyn Lowry. My question to you is this—and I need you to be 100% honest, because you’re a mom, you’ve seen it all, and you don’t sugarcoat things.
You ever wormed yourself? 🤣
Don’t lie. Don’t even try to lie.
You get to a certain point in farm life where the line between you and the livestock gets… blurry. You’re eating vegetables from the garden that the chickens definitely pooped on. The barn cats are hunting who-knows-what and then you pet them. The dog eats something unspeakable in the yard and then comes inside to kiss your face.
At what point are we not all just sharing the same, uh, ecosystem?
I’m looking at this tube, and I’m like, “Well, I have been feeling a little sluggish…”
This is a safe space, right? Surely, I’m not the first person in the history of agriculture to look at the dewormer and think, “Am I next? Should I be on this schedule, too?”
I am not saying I did it. I am not saying that.
But I am also not saying that I didn’t spend a very weird 10 minutes on Google, just, you know, “out of curiosity.”
Kail, please tell me this is a normal-ish farm-brain thought. The intrusive thoughts are winning today. Tell me I’m not alone in this. 🤣 #fypage #funny #farmproblems #intrusivethoughts
