Today was my last day of running the farm alone, and while it has overall been perfectly enjoyable, I can safely say that I am glad there will be others to help. This kind of work is just plain exhausting. No single part of it felt particularly tiring, and no one day felt overwhelming, but after 8 days in a row, I'm looking forward to my first full day off since I got here. I plan to sleep as close to 14 hours as I can get, and watch the new James Bond movie I got soon as I wake up.
Today I also had the experience of having a horse rear up on his hind legs while I was trying to walk him to the stable. There was half a moment when I thought I would have to just let go and wait for him to calm down, but it ended up only being half as terrifying as I expected. 3 weeks ago, I'm sure I would've freaked. Horses are big!