Dairy....

Ok...dragged you in. Not about dairying at all. More about blogging.

Fascinated....blogging....Almost like a modern day version of what Oprah used to promote. To Journal. Only you are able to reach other people with your ideas and feelings.

Journalling is a way of releasing - blogging is a way of sharing / reaching / helping / being helped.

Coming off depression (diagnosed with clinical depression in December '09) I felt as though the past year has been an incredible achievement in both my personal and professional developement. I undertook and personally facillitated the biggest project our family farm has seen in its existance since 1933. While at the same time successfully rebuilding my bond with Trish and the kids. Perhaps a little too ambitious.

.......the end result is an operational Robotic Dairy. The cost is hopefully only short term - my health. It's taken quite a battering. A few too many shifts in excess of 24 hours - a few too many weeks in excess of 80 hours. I truly felt as though I was coping particularly well, until a couple of weeks ago.

Maybe it was a culmination of events beyond my control...natural disasters, family problems (in-laws, not my own) and the uncertainty surrounding the very industry that keeps our farm afloat....Dairying.

Just like something out of an old Batman episode....KAAA POWWW!!!! And it didn't miss me either - about a week ago. Felt like de ja vu - rewind to December '09.

But I'm ok. Pretty quick to recognise the symptoms. Had a very lazy week and am coming back to my usual self.... I hope! Maybe I was already running on empty - but I hope all the other dairy farmers are ok after Coles genious marketing strategy was released. In fact I really hope that many of them leave the industry if unsatisfied (as we did in 2003) and reward the multi-nationals with what they deserve....a huge supply shortage!