Every Springtime, there is a farm in our local area that offers sheep shearing adventures.
- For a small amount of money, you get to sleep with the sheep and assist with the shearing.
They have 2 bunkhouses that are shared by everyone. I wasn’t overly gleeful about sharing a bunkhouse with anyone other than our family, however I was honestly frustrated when I found out that the people I was with and I had to share outdoor bathrooms. I remember using an outhouse when our Grandma was alive, and between the stink and the cold, I would hold it until I could no longer. Not only did the bunkhouse reek from the stink of the sheep, however it also had the smell of mingled bodies. There was a lack of heating and air conditioner in the bunkhouse, which would have been wonderful considering the nighttime rapidly decreasing temperatures were still in the forties. Not only was heating and air conditioner nonexistent, there was no whole-house air purifier. I really would’ve been okay separate from Heating and A/C, however the joint bunkhouse honestly needed air purification. My kids were having a blast, however I was hating every hour. When I saw the sheep shearers nick one of the sheep, I got quite nauseous. I saw the small trace of blood running down its side, and I almost cried. I guess this will not be a yearly adventure, and I shall have to find something strange for our kids to enjoy. From here on out, I am going to make sure there is Heating and A/C wherever the people I was with and I go, and air purification. There is no way I can repeat the adventure the people I was with and I had this year.
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