Happy Mio Monday everyone. i hope it will be a good one.

3/10 2022
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Good goat times today. Double goat duty today. Maybe for the last time.
Quite the contrast.
It was great at the new place. First time there after we brought the bench. So good. So much fun. We got some nice sun. It was fairly cold and windy, but it was still great to sit on the bench in the sun with the goats. I’m really happy we got the bench now.
We didsome fun running around too and there were humankids visiting in the goat pen. One boy pointed at Milo’s rear and going “he’s making kaka!”. Oh yes he was.
It was all really lovely. Then off to the old place. And three lovely goats there too. But a lot sadder. I spent some quality time with them, and said some goodbyes. I am not sure when the move will be. Jeanette told me that Merete, who will be one of the new owners, was going to be calling Lars to arrange it today. So I’m assuming it’s going to happen very soon, could be later today, could be one of the next days. But I’m assuming this was probably my last time going to the old place. Unless they call me and ask if I can help with the moving, but i’m not really expecting that. I’ll do it if they want of course. But we’ll see.
Jeanette said that once they are moved and settled in, she’d try and arrange it so she can take me out there to see their new home. So I ought to get to see them at least one more time… although there’s no guarantee. And I am not going to be able to visit regularly. Maybe once in a rare while, but it’s not something I can count on. It’s a private family residence and I can’t really get there by myself.
For now I just hope it will go smoothly. Still got that paranoid fear of things going wrong at the last minute. Just need it to get done so I don’t have to worry about dire consequences…
I didn’t see the horses. I thought they were supposed to arrive on Friday. They could have been in a place I didn’t see. Or maybe their arrival has been postponed until the goats go. I don’t know. I was kind of hoping to be able to hurl insults at them for ruining my life.
Haha, nah just kidding. It’s not the horses fault of course.
A day of joy and sorrow. I will try to focus mostly on the happy things. It breaks my forkn heart to have to face not seeing snl anymore. They are so sweet and lovely and funny. I’ll try to bury the pain for now, just gotta make sure they’re okay first and foremost. Everything else comes second.
3/10 2022
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Three loves, the heart is full of.

3/10 2022
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Happy to still have a happy place

3/10 2022
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btw if you miss this video on Mia’s page, here it is on my page. Sky is just too funny, running up that goat hill and the ramp.
3/10 2022
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Jeanette and Mia saying hi to a visitor.

3/10 2022
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More little visitors.

3/10 2022
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HappY Yogi daY everyone. I hope it will be a good one.

4/10 2022
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Here’s some video from the (possibly last) visit to the old playground. It is so strange to think that I’m not going to be going there anymore. It’s been 6ish years since we moved Mia and Mio from the old old playground to this place. Hanging out with Yogi and the horses. And now that chapter is over.
It’s too bad it’s a sad occasion, because there’s a lot of good stuff in the video. Sweet moments and funny moments. I am going to miss that place, but much more I’m going to miss those 3 wonderful goat friends. Hopefully it’s not the last time I see them, but it’s not going to be the same again. Maybe I should have let Nuller just take my hat and run off with it..
well, as long as they get happy lives. Hopefully it will all be done as soon as possible.
4/10 2022
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Happy Hump Day everyone. I hope it will be a good one.

5/10 2022
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I’m going to write a post about old goats. And their names, specifically.
Why, well because I feel like it.
I was thinking about the sadness I’m feeling about having to say goodbye to Sassy, Lily and Nuller. And about all the sadness I carry for all the other goats I’ve had to say goodbye to over the years. They say that time heals. And I find myself thinking, it shouldn’t! …but it does. For me at least. It has gotten easier to look back. I still have some tremendous sadness in me, but it’s like it’s buried. I can see beyond it. I can look at photos of Palle and I can smile and feel the happiness and love. If I wanted to I could easily dig down and feel the sadness. It is not gone. But it doesn’t help to wallow in it constantlt. I would rather think of all the happines he, and the others, have brought me. I would rather smile. And there are so many many more happy memories than sad.
So, I was thinking about all that and I was thinking of all the goats I’ve known. And for some reason I started thinking about their names.
I think it was brought on by Yogi. Did you know that Yogi’s real name was A38? I know some of you know, but newer friends might not. The story goes, when she was young she got sick and they had to feed her A38 to help her tummy. A38 is a sort of probiotic milky product. It’s kind of like yogurt. And I believe it was Cyd who came up with the idea of nicknaming her Yogi as short of yogurt, since “A38” sounds more like a droid designation from Star Wars than a real name, at least to English speaking folks. So that became her name for us on here.
Did you know that Mia’s real name is Omar? Her full name is Mia Omar. When she was born they held a raffle at the old old playground to let someone name her. And a kid named Omar won the raffle and named her… Omar. Talk about self indulgent! Haha. But back then we were not as progressive as we are now and gender conformity was a thing and so it wasn’t thought right that a girl goat should be named Omar. So she was named Mia Omar. AnD I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone call her anything but Mia. But it’s a funny story at least.
How about Mio? The funny thing about Mio’s name is that Mio is actually a boy’s name. So no gender conformity there. In Scandinavia there’s very famous children’s book called Mio Min Mio, I believe it’s called Mio, My Son in English. By Astrid Lindgren. I think I loved it when I was younger, but I barely remember it now. Anyway, I don’t really know why Mio got her name. I don’t know if that was her name before she came to live with us or if she got that name at the playground. But of course Mio and Mia went well together.
Kamel, well there’s no funny story there I think. It’s Danish for camel, as you might have guess. She did have quite the hump, just in the rump not in the middle..
Palle. I don’t know where that came from exactly. The most famous Palle I can think of is the book Palle Alene I verden. Palle Alone In The World. Which was another children’s book, and a movie was made of it too. About a boy who found himself compltely alone in the world. Last Man On Earth type of thing. But i don’t know if that was where Palle got his name from.
Some names came from.. me. Like Herman. I named Herman. I always thought Herman was a cool and funny name for a buck. I originally got it from the character Herman Toothrot from the Monkey Island computer games, although Herman wasn’t exactly named after him. Just where I got the name. I always though it was funny for a buck because in danish “hr” is the equivalent of “mr”. So it sounded like Hr Man. Mr Man. Quite fitting for a manly buck, don’t you think?
I didn’t always get to name goats. I remember when Bob was born I pitched the name Tyson. Because it sounded cool. But the kids at the playground named him Bob. And being he was such a fluffy tubby sweetheart, Tyson may not have fit him so well after all.
I named Bruce and Clark. You may be able to guess where I got those names, if you like superheroes anyway. I thought those were cool names for a dynamic duo.
I named the Ping Pong twins too. I thought that was funny for a couple of twins that looked so alike. Ping and Pong. And I think I must have named Fuzzy too? Barely remember. But that doesn’t sound like a name that the kids at the playground would pick. Sounds like something from Facebook. Maybe on you out there came up with it? Or maybe it was just because he was a little fuzzy cutie and the name stuck. I know we came up with lots of elaborate furthering of his nickname. Lord Fuzzleroy of fuzzington. Mr Fuzzelbart the fuzzlewand. Things of that ilk.
Sometimes it would happen that the staff at the playground would read what I was writing on facebook and just go with it. That’s how Medium and Large got their name. If you are longtimers you might remember they were triplets, and of three sizes. I just called them Tiny, Medium and Large because they didn’t have names and I had to call them something when I wrote about them. Unfortunately Tiny passed away before too long, he was just too tiny in the end. And Medium outgrew Large, which made their names seem a little silly. And to be honest, I never meant for those names to stick and I thought we could have done better. But a goat by any other name..
How about Peanut and Popcorn? I barely remember where those names came from now. I can’t remember if Cyd had anything to do with naming Peanut or if it just feels like that because you know, Cyd and Peanut… And I think I named Popcorn just because it seemed like a funny name and went well with his half-brother’s name.
I have told the story of 3B’s name before. It’s short for Bette Ski’s Bette Ski’s Bette Ski. And Bette is sort of shorthand slang for ‘little’ and ski is short for skid which means.. ‘sh*t’. Basically Kurt, who was the original leader of the playground back in the day, had a buck called Little sht and he got a son called Little Sht’s Little Sht and he got a son, 3B, called little Sht’s Little Sht’s Little Sht. Three generaitons of little sh
Yeah. And there have been names like Vanilje (Vanilla) and Lakrids (Liquorice) and Choko, boviously dericed from fur colours.
I am not sure where Magnethe got her name. I know she was named Magnet but then they realised she was a girl and it became Magnethe. Maybe because she was so popular and attracted visitors. She was the first goat kid I ever knew.
Mads and Mathilde were there when I started visiting goats, and those are some fairly odd-fashioned traditional names, often used for goats or other animals too.
Are there any other prominent goats I’m missing out on? My memory isn’t so great, there may be some I have missed. Mia’s dad was Preben. I am not sure if he was named after Preben Elkjær but he is one of our most famous soccerballers. There was a buck called Thor, an obvious name for a strong buck.
Incidentally, even though I am not strictly speaking a goat (them’s fighting words, don’t ever say that to me!) I do believe I was named after the Swedish singer Lasse Berghagen, at least in part. My parents are fans of his.
So there you got. Feel free to ask questions if you have any, but I hope that was a little fun. Like I said, I have tremendous sadness in me, too many goats that I have had to say goodbte to, some left home, some lived long and died as we all must and some had catastropic traumatic ends. I am thankful that I got to spend time with them all and we can only hope that the good times outweight the bad. I don’t know where my life would have been without goats, but I don’t think it would have been a good place. Without them I probably would not have known any of you reading this now. I would not give up all the happy memories to get rid of the bad. But it is not easy when you’re in the middle of having to let go…
5/10 2022
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After all those past goats, here is a goatlog with current goats.

5/10 2022
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And a goat butt parade while we’re at it. It’s a little sad we’ll never have parades of more than 3 butts anymore, but 3 butts are still a parade, right?

5/10 2022
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I hope today will be a good day. Here is 3B from 2006. He sure was a cute little sh

6/10 2022
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Good goat times today. And good news about snl. I think. I hope. I called Lars today , after I got home from mms. And after about 5 minutes of staring at the phone, trying to gather up courage. He didn’t have time to talk, I could hear kids in the background. But he told me that he’d found something for the goats and they would be picked up tomorrow. And he’d call me when he got home to tell me more. So, later today I should know more details.
I just got this paranoid feeling that he’s sending them to slaughter and he didn’t want to say that in front of the kids there and that’s why he wanted to call later.. but that’s just me being silly and paranoid, right? Right. Can’t help worrying, till the very end.
Hopefully it’s Jeanette’s neighbours that will be picking them up tomorrow. I really hope so. I talked to Jeanette today and she said she hadn’t wanted to be pushy about it, so she hadn’t asked her neighbours if there were any news. But she texted them to ask. She hadn’t gotten a reply by the time I went home, but she said she’d let me know if she found out anything new. So i’ll just be sitting here waiting for a text from Jeanette or a call for Lars. And hoping it’s good news.
But in any case, I guess Sassy, Lily and Nuller are leaving tomorrow. I am not sure if they’ll want me to be there. I guess I’ll see what Lars says. I don’t want to complicate things with the new owners, and I wouldn’t be able to go along for the journey since I wouldn’t have a ride home. Malene and the people at the new playground really were great when we moved Mia, Milo and Sky , and she drove me home after it and all. I can’t expect that from private people, presumeably, who don’t know me and don’t expect anything but some sweet goats. And I really don’t want to be pushy or complicate things, I just need snl to get to a safe home and then that’s that. I have sort of said my goodbyes. I am okay with not being there. But i will want to help if I can of course. We will see what it do. i hope it’s Jeanette’s people and I hope she can take me there to see snl when they have settled in. Hooves crossed.
The goating with mms was good, kids at the fence to pet them (although they were distracted by a dead hedgehog that Jeanette showed them, so they got a little educating on life and death and that sort of thing). Cold wind and sunny.
Ergh I’m just nervous.
6/10 2022
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Think happy thoughts. Sweet visitors and sweet goats.

6/10 2022
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Okay, 8:55 pm. I couldn’t wait any longer. I don’t know if Lars forgot he said he’d call me or what, but I decided to call him. Even though I’m not sure it’s socially acceptable to call people that late… but I mean, i was waiting for him to call as promised so..
But at any rate. The good news is that it IS Jeanette’s neighbours who are getting Sassy, Lily and Nuller. Now that I think about it I am not completely sure Jeanette said they were her neighbours exactly, they may be friends or so, but anyway, doesn’t matter right now. The important thing is that the goats are going there. And they’re going to take care of the move, Lars said they have it covered. So I’m going to back off and wait for Jeanette to hopefully arrange for me to go see them there. I can’t be completely sure that I can do that. Again, it IS a private family, I can’t have expectations of anything. But Jeanette said she’d try to arrange it so she could take me out there and see where they’ll be living.
So. That is a relief. I am really tired. And worn down and exhausted. I’ll be heading to be soon and probably be sleeping for a long time. And I’ll probably be seeing JEanette on Monday then and hopefully she can tell me the move and everything went well. Hooves crossed.
6/10 2022
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I hope today will be a good day. Here’s Mr Man, Herman from 2014.

7/10 2022
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No new goat news. When I talked to Lars yesterday he said he didn’t know when Sassy, Lily and Nuller would be picked up. But it’s 4 pm now, I have to assume they have been moved. He said they had the move covered, so I felt like I better let them do it by themselves. And I needed to sleep. I slept for some 15 hours probably. But hopefully snl are in their new home now. Hopefully it all went well. Hopefully no problems. Jeanette might be able to tell me more on Monday, but it doesn’t sound like she’s necessarily in touch with the friends/neighbours on a daily basis, if they live out in the country it might not be somethingw here you just poke your head over the fence everyday. So might take a few days before we know more. But as long as the move has gone through and gone well, that’s all we can ask.
Attached to this post is a video from 2016. When Mia and Mio moved from the old old playground to the old playground. The first meeting with Yogi. it’s kind of crazy to think that presumably I will never be going back to that place. Nothing for me there anymore. It’s a little sad after all those years. But so it goes. We had some great times there. And some sad. Back then when we first got there it was so .. empty. No goat house, no shelter, just one rock I think. Mostly just open grass. The neat thing was that there was a passageway to the horse field. The goats could go into the horse field, but the horses couldn’t go into the goat pen. I always though that was cool and it was nice to be able to go back and forth and hang out where we wanted. Yeah that was when you could have BOTH horses and goats… But yeah I was sad when they closed that passageway. But then they did start adding things to the goat pen so there was more to do in there. And it was a good pen. And some big loves in Mio and Yogi. They never bonded completely as a group, but I was happy when they managed to hang out together. And Yogi sure got a lot of companionship, and treats, from the silly human that moved with. I think she had a good last few years. The story goes that she outlived all their other goats there and was by all accounts and a really old goat. I’m thankful for the time we got with her. What a darling.
7/10 2022
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A fresh new goatlog

7/10 2022
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It’s important to have good friends to lean on.

7/10 2022
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wtf. call the cops, we’ve had a break-in.

7/10 2022
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Yes, I’m happy we got the tub back. Although it IS a little crowded.

7/10 2022
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Happy Caturday everyone. I hope it’s a good one.

8/10 2022
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Oh, hay.

8/10 2022
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Happy Funday everyone. I hope it will be a good one.

9/10 2022
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goatlog

9/10 2022
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We didn’t just get the bench and the tub from the old place, we also got this smaller trough. Mostly something I can move around and put my camera on sometimes, but Milo found another use for it too.

9/10 2022
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Hi Sky!

9/10 2022
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Looks like Mia was cast in a gritty prison drama.

9/10 2022
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That’s all for now.

Happy Mio Monday everyone. I hope it’s a good one.

26/9 2022
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HappY Yogi daY everyone. I hope it will be a good one.

27/9 2022
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Well that was.. weird. And a little scary.
I am not sure what hapened to me. I think.. I may have blacked out? Or something.
I found myself walking home with two trashbags and not really knowing where I was going or had been. I got up to my apartment and sat down and had to spend like 15-20 minutes just sitting there thinking, trying to find my way back into my head. I actually went and checked teletext on the tv to see what day it was…
I felt like I had been shopping, but I didn’t have any goods. And I had my trash that I normally throw out on my way to the supermarket. Felt really weird and disconcerting.
I had to piece it all together again. Tuesday. I had been to see the goats. Yeah. I hadn’t spent as long as I usually do, because it was raining so much. But I had been there, sat with them inside. I talked to Jeanette when I left, we’re getting ready to go get the bench at the old place and we’d discussed that.
And then I walked home in the rain. Down the paths. Got to my block. Up the stairs. Put the mp3 player and camera away. Got my bags of trash. Down the stairs. I’d checked the mail down in the hall, there was a pamphlet that I threw out. And then I got out and walked along the building and then… I don’t know.
The dumpster where I get rid of the trash is about halfway between my house and the supermarket. It’s just a minute’s walk if that. But I guess I didn’t make it that far. I have no idea why I turned around and walked up to my apartment. It’s just a fog. I felt like I’d been shopping. Or. I don’t know. I felt I didn’t know what to do next. I usually have my days planned out in advance, I need structure. Because of my eyesight and anxieities I don’t usualyl do things spontaneously. I felt like i had been picked out of my schedule and thrown back in randomly. I didn’t really know how to proceed now.
Very odd and unpleasant. But eventually I figured, well I don’t have any of the stuff I need to buy and I got these bags of trash, so I guess I gotta go out. Again. And I went and dumped the trash and went shopping and it all went fine. And I’m feeling pretty fine now. Just that odd feeling of.. what the heck happened.
My blood sugar is fine. Feel fine. Maybe a little groggy. I wonder if it’s brain fog, if i’ve had a bit of covid after all. A couple of weeks ago now I had that week i had to stay home. It just felt like a pretty normal cold. And then a few days ago I mentioned I felt the cough was coming back and my nose was starting to run again. But that never really got worse and just went away. But I don’t know. Maybe I’ve had some mild covid and this was some of that brain fog you hear people have in longterm complications. I don’t know. Maybe I’m just going crazy.
It was cold and rainy and I did get soaked and wasn’t wearing appropriate clothing. But you wouldn’t think that would just short-circuit your brain. Because that’s kind of what it feels like happened.
Well it semes like I’ve been able to type this out coherently, so I’m probably okay. Maybe it was just a glitch in the system. Maybe they rebooted my server of the simulation. I don’t know.
Probably fine.
But kind of weird and scary for a bit.
27/9 2022
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Watching the rain.

27/9 2022
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27/9 2022
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Milo wishes to register a complaint, RE: The weather

27/9 2022
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Just noticed, we passed 30,000 followers on Mia’s page. Not bad, not bad. The page readch was going down for a while, but then it started going up again, now it’s almost at 2½ million people for the last month. There’s 3-4 videos that are getting constant new comments. If I’m not able to look at it for a day then there are so many comments that I just have to give up going through them all. I try to keep moderating them to weed out the inappropriate stuff that some people post, thankfully there isn’t too much of that. But yeah if I get up in the morning I just can’t go through hundreds and hundreds of comments on several videos. There’s a lot of comments there aren’t in English too. So if I want to read them I have to wait for the translate button to do its thing. It’s super fun to get so much attention but it’s also a bit exhausting. I can only imagine what it’s like on the really big pages, like Esther’s. Of cours they hire, or volunteer, people to help manage that.
Anyway. 30,000. Whodathunkit. I’m just happy to be able to spread some goat love and positivity, it feels good. And of course it has made me some great friends who have moved over here to my personal page too. I am extremely thankful for that.
27/9 2022
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Happy Hump day everyone. I hope it’s a good one.

28/9 2022
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I hope today will be a good day. Here’s Peanut from 2015.

29/9 2022
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Good news everyone! I guess I should start with the tldr.
We got a new home for Sassy, Lily and Nuller. That is the important part.
It was starting to look a bit dicey. The horses are coming back tomorrow as I understand it. And snl has to go. As I walked home today I actually thought I would be updating with mostly bad news. But then I got a call..
Well, I’m just going to tell you how the day went. If you want the tldr tldr check the first comment.
So I went and hung out with Mia, Milo and Sky. We had some fun. Sky had the zoomies and she was running up that goat hill and then up the ramp and then back and forth, up and down. She was panting with exertion. Little cutie.
Today was the day we were going to go to the old place to pick up the bench. We went off, me and Jeanette and Isaac. I am not sure i’m spelling his name right. He’s very cool. Super chill and laid back. He’s got a soft and mellow and really calm voice. Slow. He sounds like if there was a fire he’d just calmly, slowly, with a soft voice whisper… fire. Haha. I like him. He works indoor at the playground so I haven’t seen him much, but I remember Maja said he’d let the goats out for her because she wasn’t feeling so comfortable iwth it, so I guess he’s been around the goats a little at least.
We went off in Jeanette’s car, trailer attached at the back. We did take a wrong turn but eventually we found our way to the old playground. I said hello to snl, while Jeanette and Isaac lifted the bench out to the trailer, and we got the big black tub and a smaller through too. I thought about maybe bringing some more stuff, but it was a small trailer and I figured we’d leave it at that.
I felt a little bad about taking that stuff away from snl. But, first I don’t think they used the bench. Whenever I’ve been to see them after mms moved they have been sitting together inside the goat house.
And also, they wouldn’t have much time to use it now anyway. Since their deadline is pretty much up.
I talked to Lars and he said they’d found a farmer who was going to take them, but it fell through. And they were pretty much out of options. Again, the horses due to arrive back tomorrow. And they are not allowed to have that many animals. So. It was kind of dire. At this point I brought up my friend Angeline. Some of you know her on here too. She is super nice and she has an animal sanctuary. And we had previously talked about how she might come and get them as a last resort, if no other options were left. It would be very impractical, I believe she’s in Belgium. I think sh told me it would take her something like 8 hours to get to us and then the poor goats would have to be transported for 8 hours back. It would not be good for anyone and I don’t even know if Angeline would still be willing or able to do that. But as we were riding back in the car I thought I’d have to get in touch with Angeline and find out when I got home, because Lars let me know that unless they found something pretty much right away, then snl would be facing slaughter. I know, don’t even get me started ranting about that. Awful. We talked about it in the car, Jeanette was agreeing how awful it was. She can’t stand people who get animals and don’t feel responsible to take care of them in the longterm, she said. And then she brought up her neighbours. They had had goats before. The scary part is that their goats had all died from a parasite attack. Which is not the greatest thing to hear… but they’re good people, they still have animals. Mini horses amongst others. And Jeanette said she’d ask them if they felt up for having goats again. She said she’d try to find out today or tomorrow so I could know if I had to try and see if Angeline was still an option.
I got home and took a shower and missed a called. Checked my messages, it was Jeanette. She’d been in touch with her neighbours and they want the goats! In fact they had seemed eager to have them, Jeantte hadn’t needed to do any ‘negotiating’ or convincing. So Jeanette has given their information to Lars, at the old place. And they’re going to work out the gransfer. Presumeable next week. I am not sure I will be involved in the move. Jeanette said that she had pretty much left us out of it now, the family and the old place is going to work out the logistics and that will be that.
I am just relieved that they’re going to have a good home. That is the important thing now, because we were getting close to a bad ending. Jeanette lives out in the country, there is not easy access by bus. And you know, it’s a private family. So I am not going to be able to just go visit. Jeanette said we might be able to arrange a visit so I can see where they’re living, but I don’t know if that will happen or if there will be more opportunities. I’m going to have to process my feelings about his, because not being able to see Sassy, Lily and Nuller is a very sad thing. But right now I’m just.. focusing on making sure they get to live. That’s most important. And it sounds like they’ll get to live with a family that’s used to having animals and are happy to have them. They’re not going to be tossed away or just live on some farm with no human closeness.
So yeah. I’ve known for a while that the chances of me still being able to see them were extremely low. I have had some time to adjust. I really wish we could have had all 6 at the new place. I really miss having that big group and all the fun that bring, all the love to give to all the goats. It’s hard to have to say goodbye. But it would be unbearable if they had been sent to slaughter. I know Lars did not want to do that, but I also have more and more been getting the feeling that.. he would have done it if he had to. I know we all have very different feelings about it all, but that’s what it is.
So hopefully that will all work out well. I could tell Jeanette was happy to give me the news. After I’d heard the message I called her up to thank her and we talked for a bit. She was happy to be able to give me the good news and she knew I’d be relieved. I am more happy than ever that we found our way into her presence and friendship. She’s been nothing but great. I fordgot to mention on Tuesday, in the rain, I was sitting inside with the goats. On the floor. And she called out to us and asked if I wanted her to bring a chair. Now I’m happy to sit on the floor and get dirty so I told her that she didn’t have to. But it just shows how nice and caring she is. She clearly wants the best for the goats, and for me too. I appreciate that a lot. It makes me feel that Mia, Milo and Sky are at their right place now, where they will be cared for well, and for their whole lives.
So yes, that was a big day. Did some tricky stuff, out socializing and doing stuff. Had to overcome my anxiety and go back in and talk to Lars a second time to make sure I had his number and everyhing in case I needed to get him and Angeline in touch. It’s always hard overcoming all my natural instincts to just run away. It’s not fight or fight, it’s talk or flight. But I always want flight. I’m glad sometimes I manage to do the right thing. It’s easier when you have nice people like Jeanette and Isaac on your side.
We got the bench and stuff back to the new place. I decide to go home then, since it had been a big day taking a lot out of me, and since I’d already had to put Mia inside once when we left to go get the stuff, I didn’t want to have to put her through the stress of it again once more so soon. So I let Jeanette let her out after I was gone. Would have been fun to see her reaction to seeing the bench again and the tub, she loves jumping up on that. But it’s just nice to have them back and we’ll get more time sitting together on that rickety old bench. An old goat and her old goatman on the old goat bench. I’m thankful the new playground wanted to help with that, it’s not like they had any obligation.
hooves crossed snl will be moved without problems and have a good life with good people. I’ve been feeling a lot of depression lately, maybe a good resolution for those 3 will help ease my mind. Although the missing them will probably not help. I am not sure when the move will happen exactly, I’ll have to try and see if I can get to spend a little time with them beforehand. I’ll do my best.
Send all your good thoughts for it all to go as well as possible. It was getting close to a bad ending, hopefully it will be a good one now.
29/9 2022
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Here is Isaac and Jeanette, having loaded the bench onto the trailer, the tubs waiting their turn.
I sure am glad I talked about snl’s situation during the ride and that Jeanette wanted to help. It was sweet talking to her on the phone later, I could hear how happy she was to be able to make me happy with the news and how it meant something to her to be able to do that for me, and the goats. I am thankful that she cares about us old goats.

29/9 2022
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I hope today will be a good day. I thought we’d take a photo of Sassy, Lily and Nuller for today. Three wonderful goats that have given us much happiness along the years.

30/9 2022
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Some details from yesterday’s roadtrip.
When we got to the old playground and went inside to get the key to the goat gate (since I’d given mine back to Lars a week or so ago) we talked a little to a couple of the ladies who work there and were sitting inside. The first thing they asked was “How’s number 18 doing?!”. Apprently they have been a little concerned. I remember on the day we did the big move of mms, Anne had said how relieved she was that I’d gotten them to take Milo, she’d been worried they wouldn’t be able to find a home for him because he can be a little .. bandity. Well, he’s doing well at the new place. Jeanette seemed surprised that they were even concerned. She is aware that she has to be observant when they let kids into the pen with the goats, you kinda have to give Milo extra attention and cuddles. He doesn’t always like kids petting, especially if they touch him around the hind legs. He doesn’t like when I do it either. You know he has those ‘leg beards’ as I call them. If I try to touch those he will swing his head to knock me away.
But anyway, one of the ladies at the old playground said he doesn’t like kids and because she’s pretty short he’d been after her too, and she’d been knocked on the ground a couple of times by him! Wow. I had never heard of that before. I’ve seen him swing his head around when he doesn’t want to be touched, but that he’d knocked someone over, I would not have thought that! I’m pretty short, good thing he doesn’t mind me! And Jeanette wasn’t bothered, she seems to have a good handle on him too. So that’s something.
And then when we had talked about that another lady said “But Mia is sooo sweet, isn’t she? We really miss her”. Yeah. Everyone loves Mia. I definitely did not lie when I convinced them to take Mia, she’s a big lovebug and perfect petting goat.
Jeanette also told them about how the goats love me, and how they stand and wait for me when I’m not there and how they start bleating for me like a minute before I get there, like they know I’m coming from afar. Really sweet. You know I don’t have an easy time seeig qualities in myself, but my relationship with the goats is something I am proud of, for lack of a better word. I’m short but Milo doesn’t want to knock me out, that speaks well for me!
I have not heard anything new today. I have been home relaxing. It’s been.. a tough time. I assume no news is good news, snl should be moved next week. Hooves crossed it will all go well. Those 3 are very sociable goats too. In some ways they are cuddlier than Milo and Sky. MS like being petted, but snl really like just standing there while you just hug them tight and hang on to them. You can’t quite do that with Milo and Sky. They like being petted, but not held tight. I’m going to miss the double hugs with Lily and Nuller. Between two goats. Sassy doesn’t seek out the hugs as much, but if you give them to her she will stand there and enjoy it. Yeah, it’s really sad that I will not be able to just sit around with them. But I am happy they will get to live and be well.
Okay, I’ll stop blabbering now. Hey thanks all as always for listening and caring and showing love for me and the goats. You keep me hanging on.
30/9 2022
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Happy Caturday everyone. I hope it will be a good one.

1/10 2022
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When your best friend made a negative comment about the outfit you wore to the party so now you’re definitely not talking to him the rest of the evening.

1/10 2022
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Happy Funday everyone. I hope it will be a good one.

2/10 2022
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goatlog

2/10 2022
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Keeping a straight face.
Not feeling super well mentally right now, feeling cold and sad but hanging in there. I need the snl thing to go through, I can’t shake the irrational fear that the move will fall through for some reason. I just need it to work out.

2/10 2022
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That’s all for now.