Pizza and cattle

This job at Pizza Hut is relatively easy. It has reminded me of why I hate working at fast food: having an overwhelming focus on something completely mundane but with all the pressure of something that really matters. If I'm going to have tunnel vision, make it worth my time! :) But anyway, not a bad job. I've had enough real world experience now to recognize that mass food service like this is cake. It's just no big deal. It drives me crazy, but it's no big deal.

I love free food. I scavenge anything that is getting thrown away at the ole Pizza Hut, usually orders somebody screwed up or someone never came and collected (which happens, oddly enough).

Today, I went and checked on our cattle because my father is out of town. I had an interesting experience. I noticed that one of the cows is close to birthing. That's kind of nerve-racking because although cows are quite capable of birthing on their own, there's always a chance of something going wrong in delivery. Always. This is just part of the mammalian life. Giving birth is risky.

There's a young bull calf who has taken a curiosity in me, and I noticed today that the cattle seemed much more casual about my presence than usual today, so I thought today might be a good day to make friends. So I tried. I stood really still and kind of gently talked to the calf and he got kind of interested in me but you could tell he was just really scared. So, I sat down on the ground, figuring that would make me seem less of a threat. It worked. I just sat there, really still, and he started to come closer to me, and finally he got up to me and started sniffing my hands and my face, but he was just petrified. I think at one point, I accidentally twitched one finger and he shot away from me like a rocket. He came back, though. He just kept sniffing. I did my best to not look at him, because I figured that would freak him out. Eventually, he just kind of got unnerved, and left. In retrospect, I think I should have sniffed back. I think that's the thing to do. That seems to be one of the ways animals carry on. They sniff each other. I suppose it's like shaking hands. So, my not sniffing back put him in an awkward position and he didn't know how to take me. I also might bring an apple next time and try to bribe him. lol :)

It was weird being nose to face with even a yearling calf. They're substantially large, more so than you realize until they're in ur grill sniffing ur face! :) But it made me happy. I'd like to befriend the cattle. The older generation will be a much harder sell, but maybe if the younger set takes to me the older set will at least put up with me more. lol