New birds and lost things found

A friend of mine's husband has had a sudden health emergency. She is spending virtually no time at home and a neighbor has been taking care of her animals. Since it looks like the emergency isn't going to be over soon, I've taken in some of her critters. Yesterday I brought home 2 roosters, 6 geese, 4 hens, and 2 hens with each about 12 young chicks. I was planning on bringing home her 5 rabbits also but my small truck was running over with the birds and their cages. I'm supposed to pick up the rabbits next Saturday.

Such chaos getting all the birds into the chicken house. I'm not letting anyone out for at least a week so the new birds learn that this is their new home. The geese are in a large doghouse (it's BIG) that is a bit cozy but not bad. I let them out this morning and they found their water fine but pretty much just stood all day around the chicken house ramp. Hearing the chickens probably and it sounded like home. I've been having problems with predators, hawks I think, getting my hens so I'm hoping having the 6 large geese in the chicken yard will help with that. Going to be fun feeding tomorrow AM in the dark. I do have a tap light out in the chicken house now and will have to use it tomorrow.

Usually I'm not out feeding until around 7 - 7:30am and it's mostly light by then. Tomorrow, Monday, I start my new job! So glad to have a job at last. I'll be getting up much earlier now, of course. Probably about 40 minutes to work but I'll leave early at first to see what the traffic is like. I'll probably leave at 7am and I'll have to feed the chickens and goats and let the geese out (they were fed tonight) plus get myself ready to go. Guess I'll get up around5 - 5:30ish to be safe. I like time in the morning and hate to be rushed.

Yesterday while we were getting birds stashed away and working on the goose house I accidently wore my glasses outside. I have the no-line lenses and they make the ground look weird. I never wear them outside. So, I took them off and put them into the pouch of my sweatshirt. My spouse asked me for some nails and I went to get them and put them, loose, in my sweatshirt pouch. Not a good idea I realized, so I took the glasses out, and for some unknown reason, placed them on the hood of the pickup next to the windshield. I planned, I'm sure, to pick them up when we were done. Forgot about them. Afterall, I never wear the glasses outside.

It wasn't until I went to pick up my grand daughter around 7:30pm that I realized I didn't know where my glasses were. It was dark and we had moved the pickup. I checked the garage hoping I'd put them there. Nope. I couldn't remember where I had placed them and I was freaking. I just knew I had left them outside somewhere and probably had crushed them when I moved the pickup. I told my spouse when he got up this morning and he went looking. Not in the garage. I checked the back bumper of the pickup, opened the canapy doors - not there. No money to buy new glasses and I can't read without them. How was I going to work without the glasses? Then my husband brought them in. He had found them on the pickup's hood. Damp from the morning rain but safe. Of course, as soon as he told me where they had been I remembered placing them there. Such relief!

Never take chances on such a vital piece of equipment. Yes, I had a spare set. However, my eyes did not like them at all. I think both my spouse and I will have to get a good, current spare pair of glasses. I haven't even started the new job and I'm already spending money on things (well, making a list anyway). A water filter such as the Berkey is #1 on the list. Glasses just hit #2. I'm thinking I might try on some on the reading glasses I see in stores. Might not hurt to have a couple pair of them around in case of emergency. I think they are pretty cheap. I don't plan on getting caught without glasses again.