Ahhh, Christmas Day - that day where everyone's jolly and no-one works.
That's not the case on the farm I'm afraid - Santa had barely gone when I got up to work! How about a 4:45am start on Christmas Day? That's not a sleep in!
Well the cows have to be milked and they can't do it themselves! (Not yet anyway - I hear that robot milkers are the hot trend overseas...)
Forking out triple pay to a relief milker to do the chores at Christmas time isn't an option for us so that makes for an early start for me in order to get back home early enough not to frustate my eager present-opening kids.
Christmas Day is anything but relaxing here, with:
- early morning milking
- presents at home
- presents with the grandparents
- Christmas lunch with extended family
- afternoon milking
- Christmas dinner with more extended family
It'll be boxing day before I know it!
milking | stresses of farming
