Day 15

I woke up pretty tired again, and laid in my bed for a couple minutes playing words with friends.  I went down to breakfast not sure of what I was going to have, because I was totes mcgotes not in the mood for eggs again.  I had more than enough yesterday.  I scraped out the jelly with my knife onto the buttered toast I  had.  I asked Laura what she wanted me to do with cans, and she responded by saying how come you didn't use all of the jelly?  I thought I did quite the scrape job, but I guess that just says something about her family.  So she handed me a icing spreader, and I scraped even more out of the already empty jar.  It was good to reunite with the jelly and toast.  I ate without seeing Zoelli ever come down, which was weird because she usually comes 5 minutes after I get down.  I went upstairs and the first thought I had was that she was still sleeping.  I put my ear to her door, but I didn't hear anything.  By this time is 815 and it would've been very unlike her if she was still sleeping.  She came out of another room of the house where she gets computer service, and surprised me.  She had waken up so early, and eaten breakfast, that I was still sleeping.  Classic Zoelli. I got ready, and was wondering when the deliveries were going to be made, because I wanted to buy new headphones, but also stock up on some candy.  So I went down and started the morning chores, and did the usual routine.  After the animals Zoelli and I went to start weeding this incredibly atrocious lettuce row.  We weed for about five minutes until Zoelli asked me if I wouldn't mind plugging in my iPhone to her speakers so she could hear some music.  My first response was selfish, because I was jamming out already, but then after some quick thought I gave her the iPhone.  I couldn't even hear the music she was playing because the fans were going off, and I was too far away, but whatever I think she was happy.  We ended up talking for awhile, not listening to very much music.  Just after 2 hours of "weeding", Josh came in and told me to get ready.  So I went up to the barn with him, and helped him unload, and then load some deliveries in the van, and we were good to go.  We got in the van, and I was excited to be leaving the farm even just for a little bit.  The first 10 minutes of the car seemed to be quite awkward because Josh is such a quiet guy.  So i started the conversation, about what he wanted to do with the rest of his life.  Turns out, Josh doesn't want to take over the farm, which is strange because you'd think when you are 31 and know more about the family farm then your father does, you would be taking it over one day.  He is a computer engineer, and wants to find his way back to computers one day.  I learned a lot of new things about Josh this car ride, and turns out he's a pretty funny guy.  It still is strange that he is 13 years older than I am.  He made some deliveries while I sat in the car, and then we stopped at Rite Aid.  I walked in, and saw shelves on shelves of candy, but I reminded myself to have composure.  I checked out the headphones, and wasn't particularly keen on buying any of them, so Josh offered to go to Radio-shack.  As we walked out of Rite Aid I wondered if I would get another chance to buy candy, but I ignored the thought.  We went to Radio-shack and I felt obligated to buy a pair of headphones there, because of their abundant selection.  I bought a pair of apple headphones, and as I was checking out we got on the topic of where I was from.  They thought it very peculiar that I was buying headphones in Farmington when I was all the way from Los Angeles.  Then Josh told her about the farm we stay at, and she says is it the old Chiropractic farm?  And the moment she said that, I was taken aback.  I had no idea people knew about the farm I was working at.  But then Josh cooled me down with " welcome to maine", implying that everyone knows everything around here.  I still thought it was cool.  So we walked out of the store, but I still had the candy dilemma.  Fortunately, as we went out of the parking lot Josh turned the wrong way, and was heading towards Walmart.  I said quickly, hey do you think I could stop into Walmart to get some candy....Yea sure, I need to turn around anyway.  YES!  He puled in and I jumped out of the car, and as soon as I entered the store I had a permanent smile on my face.  I first found the cupcakes, an instant classic.  From there I went to the cash register candy section and picked out two starburst packs, a hershey almond bar, a reuses bar, and to top it off: an almond joy bar.  I was at the cash register when these fruit chews caught my eye, so I thought hell why not.  When I was in the store I felt like my first time driving a car by myself.  Like I was in complete control of my life, and what I wanted to put in my body.  It was amazing.  The whole dessert-fest amounted to 8 dollars.  I ran back to the van, as happy as a little boy, and back to the farm for us!  On the way home I got a terrible case of tired.  I kept falling asleep but waking myself up, because I didn't want to fall asleep.  I dint want to have to have Josh wake me up or anything for some reason.  I don't know why I was trying so hard to stay awake to be honest.  We got back to the farm, and I ran up to my room, like a kid with a new legos set, and stowed my candy in my duffel.  I went down for lunch, and we had leftovers.  I don't mind the leftovers here because they are leftovers throughout the week so it is a wide variety to choose from.  And maybe we will have food that I hadn't eaten in like 4 days, so the leftovers in Maine are fine.  After lunch I rested and then went back out to work at 130.  Zoelli and I weeded the spinach while talking, because she hates when I just listen to my iPhone while she is there.  I just see it as that we are trying to get work done, and I like to listen to music so make that process go faster.  So we talked and weeded until 430, and then went to go feed the animals.  The turkeys were looking like they wanted to get out of their cage, and so I went to Josh, and asked him about the Turkeys.  The response he gave to me why they keep them in such close quarters was one I was hoping for.  Oh just because its essay for us, and thats the way we have always done it.  This gave me much room for contemplation, because that means that they could be placed anywhere!  They could be placed in one of the larger coop houses on new grass, with room to run around in.  The only problem with my new plans, is that it would make more work for them, and the fact that they don't care any near as much as I do.  So I don't know how my Turkey plans will work out, but I need to figure them out some more.  Another plan I need to figure out some more, is one that I presented to Zoelli today just randomly.  We were talking about fast food restaurants and I came up with some sort of a resolution to the quality of food.  I proposed a plan that instead of the big corporations feeding the cattle with hormones, and inhumanely, why don't they have free range cattle and raise them organically.  Yea, it would be more work, but this is where the current economic depression comes into play.  People could have jobs with helping raise these free range cattle.  It would create so many more jobs for people around the country because of how many fast food places there are in the US.  Now it was just a thought, because as I thought more about, there tended to be many more cracks.  First off raising cattle organically takes ten times as long as it does for the hormone fed cows.  That means that it would be unprofitable for huge corporations.  So in the end I concluded that the government would need to subsidize the big corps, but then the whole plan falls apart.  In theory, it was a good thought, but maybe not in real life.  Anyways the rest of the day was slow, we had bagels and sausage for dinner, then Zoelli and I treated ourselves to a cupcake each.  And then I had another one after, and some more candy.  Now I am just listening to the pitter patter of rain outside my window.  Nighty.