So as the costumes and candy fade with Halloween the Christmas commercials and decorations come out and before you know the holidays have come along again. Whether you’re a Santa Claus incarnate or a Grinch, the holidays are stressful no matter what you do. From the annoying never ending and sooner appearing television commercials to the holly jolly music in the stores that they play over and over again. It never fails that you will at some point have a total holiday meltdown. I myself used to love the holiday season, especially since I’m a turkey baby, every so often I share my birthday with Thanksgiving, but after one year of working at a store during the holiday season I find myself despising the music and general “cheer” that I think people make up. I had to listen to people complain about their holiday troubles and whines all the while not being able to participate on my families own holiday festivities. None the less I still will give the holidays my all, and just generally avoid others to keep from trying to Darth Vader strangle them. To keep my cool during these stressful times of elbowing other women for that last Tickle-me-Elmo, which by the way my mother had to do one year for me, bubble baths, candles and clean dishes would be the best prescription I could recommend to anyone else who finds this time of year not so wonderful. If you don’t enjoy stewing in a bath you can always treat yourself to a spa day. No matter what stresses you out this holiday season just remember to keep your heads and think about after that New Year, where you have a whole other year to prepare yourself again.
So all this stress talk has me thinking; what can I do to help others in my area with what troubles them? People in the agriculture world have to worry about the same holiday stuff as all the other normal families do plus the fact that when the rest of the world gets a day off, they don’t. Animals don’t take vacations from eating, expelling waste and general living and producing. I can remember my years in FFA when I still had to be up at 7 in the morning to feed my sheep and had to exercise it in the afternoon no matter if it was Thanksgiving, Christmas or whatever the holiday. So I can’t imagine having to take care of herds of cattle, or horses and fields of crops along with all the other holiday stress. So I couldn’t help but think what if we had a livestock sitting service for people? College students don’t always go home and they always need some extra cash, so why not do something useful for your fellow agriculture community and help them take care of their animals while they are away for the holidays. Seems so simple I can’t believe I’ve never seen it before. It may not be easy but if all you’re doing is sitting around in Kingsville, then why not help people out.
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