Shearing

On Tuesday I had a trial as a rousie for a shearing company, and yesterday was my first day of paid work as a rousie. Today I have the day off because bad weather was expected. For those who don't know what a rousie is: we take the fleece from the shearing stage, throw it onto the wool table (that's harder than it sounds but I got used to it quite quickly), skirt the fleeces (remove the daggy bits from the edges), and roll them up and put them in the press. We also keep the floor tidy. The hours are long and the work is hard but it's rather fun and the pay is good.
On another note: I just beat my computer at Chinese chess!

It was set to use an opening book and think 6 moves ahead. I had previously had 2 stalemates in a row with it set to think 5 moves ahead.