Well that's interesting
Oct. 17th, 2023 09:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
unicorndukeLast week, I was taking another cold shower and I thought, wow I'm getting used to this! Then went, hang on...the water is warm.... Turns out the valve may have partially unstuck itself. But it was acting weird, not entirely warm. But the heat still worked and now we could shower. Part is still being replaced tomorrow.
Thursday at work we harvested sweet potatoes and it was not very fun. Normally it's a pretty decent job but the ground was heavy and wet, and it was more digging sweet potatoes out of the ground with our hands than pulling them out and putting them in bins. They had already been lifted by the machine too.
I went to the guild meeting that night, I almost bailed but I was glad I went since I had a nice time. I was also asked to consider running for guild president this winter, while very flattering, I don't know if I have enough time for that. Specifically, the Treasurer asked me because she found out I had organized crafting meetups and is hoping to get some younger and newer folks in to help run the guild. I'm skeptical but she just said to consider it.
Friday morning I left for my parents place. Got there and did some of the display preparation work while the weather was nice and the ground was dry.
Saturday, it rained all day. We had basically no customers all day, so we went out for breakfast in the morning, I read a book and worked on a sidejob thing, then did some stuff in the selling area until closing.
Sunday it was busy! It alternated between aggresively sunny and drizzly rain every twenty minutes or so, but people came out anyway. It just meant they didn't linger. I got two workers to help me on displays and they were decent at the work. I did spare them the large pumpkins, because they're both teenagers and tiny (one of them was 14 and so tiny!), so I put the 30-50 lb pumpkins out on the displays. It was colder than a lot of people expected, but I wore two hoodies and my work coat (carhartt) and was plenty warm.
My work event for yesterday ended up being cancelled due to lack of signups, it just wasn't worth driving across the state, so I stayed at my parents an extra day. I finished reading a book instead of getting on the road early but it was fine (The Curse of Chalion is VERY GOOD). I was tired, so I'm glad I'm working from home today.
More sweet potatoes tomorrow woo
Thursday at work we harvested sweet potatoes and it was not very fun. Normally it's a pretty decent job but the ground was heavy and wet, and it was more digging sweet potatoes out of the ground with our hands than pulling them out and putting them in bins. They had already been lifted by the machine too.
I went to the guild meeting that night, I almost bailed but I was glad I went since I had a nice time. I was also asked to consider running for guild president this winter, while very flattering, I don't know if I have enough time for that. Specifically, the Treasurer asked me because she found out I had organized crafting meetups and is hoping to get some younger and newer folks in to help run the guild. I'm skeptical but she just said to consider it.
Friday morning I left for my parents place. Got there and did some of the display preparation work while the weather was nice and the ground was dry.
Saturday, it rained all day. We had basically no customers all day, so we went out for breakfast in the morning, I read a book and worked on a sidejob thing, then did some stuff in the selling area until closing.
Sunday it was busy! It alternated between aggresively sunny and drizzly rain every twenty minutes or so, but people came out anyway. It just meant they didn't linger. I got two workers to help me on displays and they were decent at the work. I did spare them the large pumpkins, because they're both teenagers and tiny (one of them was 14 and so tiny!), so I put the 30-50 lb pumpkins out on the displays. It was colder than a lot of people expected, but I wore two hoodies and my work coat (carhartt) and was plenty warm.
My work event for yesterday ended up being cancelled due to lack of signups, it just wasn't worth driving across the state, so I stayed at my parents an extra day. I finished reading a book instead of getting on the road early but it was fine (The Curse of Chalion is VERY GOOD). I was tired, so I'm glad I'm working from home today.
More sweet potatoes tomorrow woo
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Date: 2023-10-17 04:39 pm (UTC)The Curse of Chalion is indeed very good.
Hope the next sweet potatoes are less firmly in the embrace of the earth.
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Date: 2023-10-17 06:08 pm (UTC)They should be easier to get, it's on a different farm with much sandier soils.
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Date: 2023-10-17 09:24 pm (UTC)I am very fond of The Curse of Chalion, and in fact all the other books in the world of the Five Gods. I'm tempted to start a reread myself now ...
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Date: 2023-10-18 10:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-10-18 04:51 pm (UTC)My sympathies about the rain and customer problems.
I hope you love Paladin of Souls as much if not more. I find it easy to resonate with the main character and understand her logic.
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Date: 2023-10-18 10:47 pm (UTC)I now have around 8 books by Bujold out of the library right now, I'm very excited! So far all of them that I've read have been great!