It was just after 1PM when I finally finished. I had a beer and cup noodles for lunch. Then I jumped in the shower, half way through I saw Mrs. Morgan's horses in our yard through the window. Somehow they got out and she was there trying to shoo them away. After shower I just relaxed in bed and watched some Supernatural. Around 5PM I got up and let Bear off the chain and get ready for the Christmas party. Mundy came home from the horse race. I asked him how it was, he said he basically just got drunk. I went looking for Bear when Mundy went to wash up. Not to my surprise Bear was all wet and dirty. I was just trying to get him back to the house but he thought I wanted to play so he came running up to me and started humping my leg.
The rest of the boys came home around 6.30PM. Once everyone got ready we headed for Rob's, and we each had a beer on the way. When we got there I was told that Macko, Rob's 5y/o son that I played with the other night, was looking for me and apparently he calls me "Mundy's big kid"...... Anyway, the Morgans were all there plus a bunch of other people that I haven't met. I did have a nice chat with one of the older ladies, Mary. We were talking about my travel plans after the farm and Mrs. Morgan mentioned about me taking the Jackaroo school again. Please, just get over it already. I also mentioned that I wanted to check out Nimbin and they were just like why would I wanna go to Nimbin it's just full of hippies and people smoking up. I don't know, I get the feeling that farm people are really against weed as if it's as bad as doing coke or heroin. I don't do it myself but I really don't mind it at all.Throughout the party Mrs. Morgan kept telling me to bring platters around, help clean up, do the dishes. Rob's wife felt bad, but I would've helped clean up anyway, it's just annoying that Mrs. Morgan's constantly telling me to do things. The food was absolutely amazing, them Aussies can really cook! There were a few people around my age, but basically the men mingled over beers, ladies sat around and chit chatted, while the kids chased after each other. They also had the cutest puppy who kept going around looking for attention. He kept coming up to me, so I eventually picked him up and held him for the rest of the night and he nearly fell asleep in my arms, I really wanted to just take him home with me! It was a beautiful evening. I could see the moonlight, starry sky, warm breeze, and a thunder storm in the distance..?!
Next morning Mrs. Morgan got me to sweep her yard and windex all her outside windows. I could tell they haven't been cleaned for a while because they were full of cob webs and dead bugs. Mrs. Morgan was very fussy too, even with all the trees in the way I had to climb the ladder and get all the corners, take out the mesh windows and clean the inside windows as well. I couldn't get to all the windows because I had to make it in town by 10AM to get all the rubbish bins out, so she told me to go back at 4PM. I finished the apartments and got home around 2.30PM, had lunch, and went back to the Big House. A storm was coming so she got me to wash her car instead, which I didn't see the point in doing because the rain could've washed away the dirt, and even if I washed it the minute she drives out it would've gotten dirty right away. All I've got to wash the car with is a bucket of hot water and a dirty rag, no detergent or anything in the water, a sponge would've gotten the dirt off better, or better yet, a hose would've made it so much easier and more effective! Sometimes I don't get the way Mrs. Morgan do things, they just don't seem effective at all! I'm constantly having to sweep the same yard over and over because she had this Rowan tree I think that keeps dropping berries, and it's not like she was having people over all the time anyway. Also vacuuming her house all the time when people would just walk in with their dirty feet or shoes on, it just seemed pointless most of the time. If they wanna keep their houses clean then keep the shoes outside!It started to rain so she told me I could go when I'm done. By the time I got home it was around 5PM and it was pouring. It doesn't rain much in Condamine, but when it does rain it rains hard. When the rain finally eased out a bit, I quickly jumped in the shower, and by then a rainbow came out. I made dinner and was just playing my sudoku when the boys came home and they had their steak sandwiches again. James started playing my sudoku when I was on my phone, Gus got curious so we tried to teach him. He thought he got it so he tried to play one on his own but he screwed up. It was cricket season so the boys all went to watch the game in their house after dinner and I just went to watch my Supernatural. Also Mundy would be away for a few days because he's going to another property with a bunch of others to brand the cattle.
Next morning Mrs. Morgan had me clean out the inside of her car. She only kept me for an hr but she sent me to Sophie's to clean out their Cold Room till noon. It was kinda like a big ventilated shed that's connected to their guest house and I had to clean the floor and organize it for them and it was dirty as hell. I also had to clean their guest bathroom again. Mrs. Morgan was being fussy again telling me I've missed a spot here and there and I was really annoyed. I didn't finish till half pass, got into town, stopped by the roadhouse and bought myself a ham and cheese sandwich before heading to the apartments. There were more people staying at the first apartment than it said on the roster that I was given so I ended up having more rooms to clean. By the time I finished all the apartments it was 4.30PM and I really just wanted to go home. Got home, cooked dinner, let Bear loose and had a beer. Before I was able to jump in the shower I thought I had lost Bear again because I kept calling him and he was nowhere to be seen. I thought last I saw him he was heading towards the Big House, so I got the chain and started walking. James was mowing the lawn and when he saw me he knew what happened, he said he'll keep an eye out for Bear. Mrs. Morgan was also doing some gardening, and she was surprised to hear that I walked all the way from my house, don't know why because it was only like a 5min walk. On my way back I finally saw Bear chasing something in the tall grass. He saw me and came running up to me. I got the chain on him and all the way back he kept jumping on me wanting to play.
Finally got to take my shower, half way through the water stopped running. I stood there thinking WTF wondering what the hell am I supposed to do because I still got soap all over me and in my hair, then I saw one of the boys drove off hoping he was going to turn the water on and thankfully he did. I saw James in the kitchen and asked him about the water, he said one of the pipes was leaking so he had to shut off the water for a bit, hoping I wouldn't be in the shower... I was doing sudoku while James was making his dinner. He said that Gus had decided to go to his mates' for dinner and had texted him to take out the roast because he forgot to turn it down so it was a bit burnt. That's when I told him that I saw smoke seeping outta the stovetop before I went for my shower, but wasn't sure if it was just the oven because it's old.... But he still saved the roast! Later on we were just chatting and he asked if I was still hungry. I hesitated, but I was actually still hungry since I only had a drumstick for dinner. So James just got up and started putting a bunch of food on a plate and handed it to me. Then I found out something interesting... James told me that Mrs. Morgan had the previous girls wash her car twice a week, but they usually only work 4-5hrs a day, starting from 10AM. I asked James how he came upon working at Myall Grove. It turned out that he was just travelling around Australia in his truck, stumbled upon Condamine, got a job offer and ended up staying. He was actually born a city boy from Sydney but he loves the farm life. We also talked about how I wanted to become an animator before I decided to come to Australia, and he made me explain to him the difference between full animation and limited animation.
It was finally the last day working on the farm. I had a scare in the morning when I found a frog inside my toilet only after I've done my business! #farmlife Mrs. Morgan didn't keep me long in the morning as I had 3 apartments to clean. Turned out I had an easy day because most of the miners were on holiday so rooms were mostly empty. I finished around 1PM and I wanted to go into Miles to use the WiFi but I didn't have my Mac with me, so I drove home, dropped my laundry in the washer, got to Miles, I was hungry so I stopped by Creek Café and had a Chicken Caesar Wrap which was good. Finally got to the library, only to find out that they were closed for the day. Somewhat disappointed, I went home, hung my washing on the line, showered, threw my work clothes in the wash, and had instant noodles as my last dinner on the farm. Gus had gone home for the holidays, he wished me luck before he left. Mundy came home and we were just chatting. I had forgotten that I was wearing the only clean clothes I've got and Bear just came and jumped on me and got me all dirty. Mundy tried to hold him back but whenever he let him go Bear would just come back jumping on me. It was alright though, I love that boy and I'm gonna miss him so much!
I had 4 beers left so I was just chatting with Mundy about what we'll be doing at the Jackaroo school and what they did on that other farm property. He explained to me the process of cattle branding. I showed him the itinerary of the Jackaroo school, and he said he could've taught me whip cracking. In the end he gave me his old Jackaroo hat as a gift. I've been wanting to get a jackaroo hat and now I've got a real authentic one from a cowboy! James never came home, don't know if I'll see him tomorrow before I leave. Mundy's going to Dalby over the weekend because he has to come back to finish branding the cattle then he'll spend his holidays in Sunshine Coast. I still gotta wake up early tomorrow morning to get Mrs. Morgan to sign me off for the days that I've done for my working holiday, then clean up the trailer and the bathroom for the rest of the morning before heading off to Gold Coast for Christmas. It'll be the first Christmas I get to spend on a beach and I'm super excited!!On a side note, Mrs. Morgan never got my name right. She kept calling me Rachel, which's the girl before me, or she'd try to call me by my legal name which's in Chinese, and she kept getting wrong and it was really annoying. I don't like people calling me by my legal name, especially when they could never get it right, so I asked her to just call me Rebecca, and she said that I don't look like a Rebecca. WTF.
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