A Bit of a Catch-Up

Hello Again!

        I know, it’s been a little while since I last posted, and that won’t happen again.  A little life update is in order, not to explain my absence, I got distracted and didn’t post, that’s on me.  Anyway, I was at a place in life where I needed divine intervention and lo and behold, it appears.  A couple of friends of mine own a small farm in eastern Ohio and were in need of a set of hands to help out.  Here is the divinely inspired bit, they remembered a post I made in December on facebook, yes, two months later, and gave me a call.  So here I am, sitting on their little farm writing to you.  

        I should point out that I am a trained welder (yes, it’s true, yours truly is no professional author) and should not have had as much of a time finding a job as I did, but that is where my friends come in.  I am not a big believer in coincidence so when someone calls offering a deal like this, you don’t pass it up, and once you’ve got it, you don’t screw it up.  My responsibilities around here aren’t extensive, but they are the type that lead to other things.  Case in point, we started cleaning out the grapevines, (a job they have been wanting to do for a couple of years but hadn’t had the time/help) and that turned into clearing out the tall ornamental grass and hauling all that, plus the prunings from the apple and pear trees to the burn pile.

        I have always seen the world as having two types of work, the works that sucks your soul out of your nose as you watch the clock tick ever so slowly towards your eventual death or the type of work that gives you life.  I went into welding because I like working with my hands, it gives me a sense of accomplishment to look at something that I have worked on and see that it is really done, (no stocking shelves for this guy!).  The type of work I am doing seems to be a good fit; I enjoy going out to haul stuff to the burn pile, and while it sucks being winded from hauling lumber up into the loft to finish drying, I would rather do that than sit at a desk all day.  

         When it comes down to it, I would prefer to be sweaty and tired to comfortable and bored.  We will be starting the plants this week, I believe, and soon it will be into the garden!  The spring is a busy time, and I am looking forward to many warm days in the sun.