05/23/2026
Hey y’all! Good morning! Take time to read this! You will understand the life I live and love.
Nobody talks about how farm people slowly lose all sense of normal behavior.
It happens gradually.
At first you’re normal.
You go to stores.
You wear clean shoes.
You don’t inspect animal p**p with scientific curiosity.
Then one day…
you catch yourself outside at 9 PM with a flashlight saying:
“Hmm. That’s interesting.”
About duck behavior.
Now suddenly your entire emotional stability depends on whether:
• the plants survived the frost
• the eggs are clean
• the sourdough rose properly
• and whatever weird noise the barn just made
Meanwhile your non-farm friends are worried about celebrity drama and you’re over here in a full panic because:
“THE PIGS LOOKED AT ME FUNNY.”
And can we discuss how every farm task somehow turns into a full-blown side quest?
You go outside to:
“just feed the ducks.”
Three hours later:
• you repaired fencing with zip ties and blind optimism
• moved a tractor attachment
• found a random bucket you’ve been missing since last summer
• cleaned something you never intended to clean
• and now somehow own another project
Because farm projects reproduce on their own.
I swear unfinished farm projects breed faster than rabbits.
Also…
why does EVERYONE who homesteads suddenly become a weather expert?
Regular people:
“Looks cloudy.”
Farm people:
“Well actually the pressure shifted slightly southwest and if the wind keeps doing that we’ll probably get rain by 4:17.”
You become emotionally connected to weather apps.
You check radar like it’s the stock market.
And don’t even get me started on “quick trips” to Tractor Supply.
That place has powers.
You walk in for duck feed and leave with:
• fencing you didn’t plan on buying
• baby ducklings you definitely didn’t need
• gloves
• random bolts
• dog treats
• a hoodie
• and somehow a watering can shaped like a duck
Then you get home and realize:
you forgot the ONE thing you actually needed.
Also nobody warns you that farm animals develop stronger personalities than most humans.
The ducks act like a tiny angry neighborhood committee.
The cat panic over absolutely nothing.
The dogs supervise everything while contributing nothing.
And one animal always thinks they’re management.
Always.
And somehow…
despite the chaos…
the mud…
the constant projects…
the animal drama…
the broken gates…
the endless laundry…
and the fact that you haven’t sat down peacefully in 2 years…
you wouldn’t trade it.
Because there’s something weirdly beautiful about this life.
Even if half of it is just:
“what now?”
followed by:
“well… I guess we’re doing this today.” 😂
