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Just thought I'd share a little of what has been going on around the homestead.

First, we did lose another kit (one of the runts), but the 8 remaining look to be doing better than I thought they would. Yay! I still don't know what the future holds, but I'm thankful for what we have.

Second, one of the two kits from Kurayami looks to have a partial Dutch marking as fur develops. WHAT?! I've had a few white toes here or there (and have never kept or bred them), but unless this sheds out, it looks like a white streak across one shoulder. Of course it had to be 1 of the 2 survivors also.. grrr! I am finding the Dutch spotting gene to be quite an annoyance. I wish there was more information available about it. What little I know, I've gleaned from genetics textbooks and it is complicated and insidious. Sometimes I think Magpies would be the way to do so I don't have to pull my hair out over random white spots. Then I see Jack and the others with rich and bright rufous and my willpower drains away..

Third, I will be out of action starting next week and my husband will be taking care of everything while I am out. I've hinted at this, but the long and short of it is that I felt a lump, it turned out to be several masses (hopefully benign!),  and I will be undergoing a major abdominal surgery next week to have them removed. I will be at the hospital for at least a few days after, so if everything is okay, you may get tired of my incessant blog posts. Yes, I'm trying to plan ahead about what I want to write about because I am a dork. Honestly though I am scared, so I am focused on what my plans are afterward. I've never broken a bone or had any kind of surgery before, so nothing to do but plow forward into the great unknown, right?

Fourth, I am having to make some tough decisions so my husband has less to do while I am away. I culled a few older does out of the herd and I discovered that they need a serious exercise and diet program. I've never seen so much internal fat in my life. Holy cow! Effective today, my senior does are on Weight Watchers. Just kidding. But seriously, I'm going to utilize a lot more hay and a lot less pellets because..wow!

And fifth. My car is so yellow from pollen that I can't even tell it was supposed to be white. So gross! Does this happen everywhere else in the country or just here? It rained last night and the puddles are thick yellow goo. There is a yellow haze and I can't breathe and I found this picture that someone took in Atlanta:

Please send help because I'm pretty sure the apocalypse is here and it is.. yellow!