From August Third

Here's an entry from my journal...

I made cheese today, with mesophylic bacterial culture which requires a medium temperature. I forget the name of the cheese Susan and I made (I remembered: Queso Fresco). We also milked the cows and picked thistles - not an overly hard day but a long one. It started at 6 am and ended at 8:30 pm.
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August Fourth:
Starting the day at seven today - with the cows. Granola and yogurt. Earl Grey tea. Becoming accustomed to Ragley Farm will take a little while. For now I am a "sponge" as Josie noted earlier. I suck up and absorb all the informaiton I can. Believe me, there's a lot of information to know.
3:30 I get a break till six now. Then I start work again. .... Something good about this place: it's gentle - it lacks harsh things. I hope the characteristics of the surrounding nature rub off on me. .... Milked the cows - BY MYSELF - WOOP DE DOO.

Present time: Market is tomorrow. Sunday and Monday are my days off, and I am beginning to feel like I could use a day off. Though I am not worked hard, I work constantly. Living where I work, and being in the country with no means of transportation other than a bike means that I don't get a tonne of different scenery. I think Monday I'll bus into Victoria and buy a chocolate bar. A good one. I rode a bike to the general store and there was no good chocolate. That's what I want right now. Chocolate.

That's all. I'm tired and forcing my brain to think creatively is too much right now. I'm going to go read in the sunroom until it's time to get the garlic ready for the market.

Then I'll sleep. Last night a strange bug kept me awake. I tried killing it for a while, eventually succeeding. Hopefully that doesn't happen again.