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I know I haven't written in here for a while, but i haven't been making time for much of anything. I'm going back to school in the fall and I'm back at the farm for the spring season and its uncertain whether I'll stay for the summer.
The boss of the greenhouse/spring season is NO WHERE NEAR as cool as my boss from the summer season. I miss hanging out with him and the spring season boss watches me all the time. He's a very nervous, awkward person who watches everyone to make sure they are working enough or doing things the right way. He and my manager, while nice people, often forget things and sell things they need to plant in larger containers to sell later for more cash. Trying to prevent this because I care about the spring herb program has been met with limited success to say the least. Part of my job is to remember the things that my manager forgets; the harder part is proving to her that the parts I remember are actually a priority instead of the ton of things that are in front of us to do every day. On top of that, I am responsible for 3 greenhouses (see a ton of watering here) as well as waiting on the random customers that come in and getting orders ready for delivery. I'm constantly busy and yet this isn't the really busy season. I'm asked to work 6 days a week with the only time I can cajole them to give me off is time for symphony concert rehearsals and call performances. I'm tempted to lie and say I have a choral thing when I just need a day off. But I also need the money, is the thing.
I'm trying to take advantage of having a garden area to design a garden for the backyard. With a little work it could be really gorgeous. That also has been taking up some of my effort. Too much work and not being able to see my other boss, who is a great friend and like a dad figure to me, has been hard. Realizing that I dont' get out more has been tiring and lonely. Most of all lonely. I miss working with Erin and Shauna and Dave and cracking jokes and doing stuff after work; I miss going waterfall or mushroom hunting with my boss, I miss going to the beach with Bill.
I want more time and more funds (and more fun!), when this whole year is likely to be marked by a dearth of either. I'm hoping I have enough energy to hang out with Shauna and Erin tonight. that would be awesome.
The boss of the greenhouse/spring season is NO WHERE NEAR as cool as my boss from the summer season. I miss hanging out with him and the spring season boss watches me all the time. He's a very nervous, awkward person who watches everyone to make sure they are working enough or doing things the right way. He and my manager, while nice people, often forget things and sell things they need to plant in larger containers to sell later for more cash. Trying to prevent this because I care about the spring herb program has been met with limited success to say the least. Part of my job is to remember the things that my manager forgets; the harder part is proving to her that the parts I remember are actually a priority instead of the ton of things that are in front of us to do every day. On top of that, I am responsible for 3 greenhouses (see a ton of watering here) as well as waiting on the random customers that come in and getting orders ready for delivery. I'm constantly busy and yet this isn't the really busy season. I'm asked to work 6 days a week with the only time I can cajole them to give me off is time for symphony concert rehearsals and call performances. I'm tempted to lie and say I have a choral thing when I just need a day off. But I also need the money, is the thing.
I'm trying to take advantage of having a garden area to design a garden for the backyard. With a little work it could be really gorgeous. That also has been taking up some of my effort. Too much work and not being able to see my other boss, who is a great friend and like a dad figure to me, has been hard. Realizing that I dont' get out more has been tiring and lonely. Most of all lonely. I miss working with Erin and Shauna and Dave and cracking jokes and doing stuff after work; I miss going waterfall or mushroom hunting with my boss, I miss going to the beach with Bill.
I want more time and more funds (and more fun!), when this whole year is likely to be marked by a dearth of either. I'm hoping I have enough energy to hang out with Shauna and Erin tonight. that would be awesome.