Saturday, July 17, 2010

Dairy Barns

For the last three weeks I have been on break from school before summer classes start up. I quit my job here in Northfield because we are moving soon and it wasn't worth the pay and 3 hours per shift for a 30 minute drive. I'm still finding though things here and there to do to make some money until I can get a job in Burnsville.

My aunt and uncle own a company that builds and maintains milking parlors. My cousin usually goes an route with one of the guys there and helps him replace inflations/liners and deliver chemicals to lots of different dairy farms around the Rochester area. This past week though Alex was on a mission trip and my aunt and uncle needed some help. I told them that I would be more than happy to help them.

So for the last week I worked my butt off, sweated like crazy, built some muscles, and got lots of cow poop on me! I went on route with a guy named Tony who is in his 50's, delivering all kinds of chemicals to farms, and fixing and changing equipment in milking parlors. It was actually a lot of fun and I really enjoyed it. I was exhausted and sore at the end of each day, but it was nice.

I learned a lot about dairy farms, and even though I wasn't directly working with animals, it still dealt with the animal world and that makes me happy!

I would definitely do this job again if Karen and Mark need help in the future!

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