Day 2: May 27, 2016

Today was a relaxing day where I got nothing done.  I firmly believe that everyone needs days like these every so often :).  I hung out with my friend Emma and Vanessa; reading, going to the library.  We went to our neighbor's house, who rented out goats (apparently that's a thing) to demolish/eat everything green and unmanageable in their backyard. The goats were awesome!  There were 20 of them, all of different sizes and coat colors, and they were just munching away at the weeds, vines, and saplings in the yard.  I went into the yard, observed all of the docile goats, and managed to pet a few, and feed a couple some leaves and bark.  That's something I will probably never get to say again, so I was glad to have that experience, albeit strange!  An N & O photographer came too, since our neighbor, David Menconi, writes for that newspaper and was going to do a story on his family's goat adventure.

Once seeing the goats, my family and I went to Millbrook's Dance and Drama Awards.  It was very fun, and I really enjoyed seeing the same old theater and dance students.  Last awards ceremony forever!

All of the goat diversity!  I was expecting 20 white or gray goats, not the handful of coat colors and sizes.  The one black goat above has tiny ears, kind of truncated-looking, while the others have the long, soft ears.  And some goats really like an ear or back scratch, so they just come up to you, give you a nudge, or stand awkwardly close until you realize that they want you to pet them.  And a few goats ambled up to my hand, sniffed it with their soft muzzles, and casually nibbled it to see if it was a leaf.  I then casually moved my hand away...no, it didn't hurt at all, and they quickly learned that my hand was a petting, not edible, object.