Chamber Pots

This week sure as hell hasn’t zipped by. I can’t believe it’s only Thursday right now. We’ve been starting at 8:00 and going till 5:00 on the dot (with an hour and a half for lunch), two working hours longer than our first weeks here. Planting has officially taken off – this week so far we’ve planted out chard, celery, basil, tomatoes, cucumbers, parsley, potatoes (12 beds of them!), and a lot more of adult and baby lettuces, green onions and broccoli. Which equals lots of hours spent bent over. Twice this week I’ve been in bed by 7:30pm. And it’s only getting started!! I’m actually a little afraid of what summer will be like! I’ve already started eating twice as much as I used to, and every muscle I can think of is becoming noticeable (and sore).

Bobby made Giant cookies for our Giant appetites!

A few days ago, poor Rita realized that she had a flea infestation in her bed. That’s what you get when you let the barn cats sleep over. At least I’ll never have that problem. Though, I did hear rats in my walls last night, crawling and gnawing away. It’s gross to listen to, but Ashley assured me my room was impenetrable. Guess I’ll just have to wait and see… 

Something that really sucks about barn living is the middle-of-the-night pee. I’m prone to waking in the night multiple times to urinate, so it’s especially rough on me. It’s freezing cold, for one. For two, you have to find your boots and shove your sweatpants into them so they don’t drag through the mud and chicken shit that are sometimes one in the same. Then you’re stumbling through a dark barn with it’s drop off points and loose floorboards - still half-asleep – until you finally make it outside where you find the nearest spot in the wet grass to drop drawers in and try to keep yourself from falling over. What an ordeal. Some of us have had serious talks about the use of chamber pots. 

The work day is only 8 hours away so I better get to bed! Looking forward to a cookout and hot shower at Stacey's tomorrow night!