Too Much Testosterone!

Today was full of bull(s)... literally.
After morning chores we loaded up the horses and headed out the pasture that held most of the bulls. I like to switch things up so I rode Tanner today- he likes to throw his head- it's annoyhing. We drove the bulls several miles until we were able to split a few off. There were 28 all together and if you can imagine having more than three bulls together try 28 sometime...yeah. When we split, four people took half and Merle and I took the others. Our goal was to keep them moving north up the road. We were taking them home to the corral so we could haul them out from there. The others were simply sorting off bulls in different pastures as they crossed through.

Merle and I went a mile or so north when we came to a gate that we needed to drop the yearling bull off at. We got him in and Merle headed after him, leaving me with 10 or 15 bulls to push north...on the road (that is fairly well traveled for out here). It all ended up working out pretty good despite what I was thinking was gunna happen, Merle finally met back up with us and we got the bulls home and penned up. The others weren't back yet so we hauled a few out to pasture and by that time everyone was back and we stopped for dinner.

After dinner we sorted bulls at the corral and Merle told me that there were enough people now so I could run into town and get to the post office and such before everything closes. I ususally only make it to town once a week or so, so while I was there I rented a couple movies! Kinda excited to watch one tonight.

By the time I came back it was time for chores. Merle and Tina went to a relatives branding and left me here to do the dirty work:( lol That's ok, now I can watch my movie. O, and sad story, between the frost the other night and the heat today I think my new flowers might already be dead:( eh.

Well, lessons learned today: It's ok to drive cattle through the crops out here...(dumb, lol); and when west river people complain about humidity- they have no idea! Also, Tina and I came up with a theory: bulls have like the most pathetic and easy job ever: they only work three months of the year and you know what all goes on then. ...and the other nine? They just stand around, fight, act grumpy and annoying, smell, break things, eat, sleep, pee, and crap. Wow- now wouldn't that be tough. ha!