I'm exhausted...long day today. It is a sad thing when I sent my alarm for 5 am just so I know I can get my dishes done before the day starts. If you plan on making a surprise visit to my house any time soon, do me a favor and don't make it this week....it isn't pretty. We had a great night at Farmer's Market though - it was a beautiful evening and there were so many people out and about. I thoroughly enjoy running in to so many people that I know from my past, and meeting new people. Although, I did definitely ask a guy how his business was doing, only to find out it was the wrong guy. He seemed a little offended... Oops...hopefully he still comes back next week! :)
We did pretty good at market, I'm always hopeful we will sell out. Not just because I'm a greedy gold-digger either (cause I'm not, I mean honestly, I am a teacher and I married a farmer) No, I'm hopeful we sell out because, if not....I have to hull and clean the strawberries, or process tomatoes, or freeze broccoli, or take care of whatever left-over vegetable that the CSA won't get. The less we sell, the more work I have. I suppose I could just compost it, or donate it to a food pantry, but we (well, more Luke) like to maximize our food production. So if we don't sell it, we can freeze it or can it, and then sell it in the winter. It really is good for our business, but it makes me quite tired at the end of a market day.
Plus, I made a BIG mistake today. Seriously, I may permanently have flat-feet because of it. I was teaching summer school until 1:30, and needed to leave by 2:00 for market. Well, I was in a rush to exercise my dog (by quickly biking around the Christmas Tree farm and exhausting him as he tries to keep up), water the greenhouse and the seedlings, and then take care of the chickens. When I got home, I thought, "I must change my shoes before market." Well, I was in such a rush, I totally forgot! Having the hose-head break off and explode water all over me didn't do much for my memory. I simply hopped in the car and left, and it wasn't until I walked to our stand that I realized what was on my feet. I was wearing flip-flops that have essentially, a card-board (or plywood) bottom. My feet hate me now - they hate me so much that my toes are actually tingling with anger. That isn't a metaphor either - my pinky toes are literally numb, and seem to have a permanent crease in the bottom. Oh well, my toes were never that cute, but still! Standing on card-board and concrete for 5 hours really wears our the tootsies. At around 7:00, in an act of desperation, I put down a no-slip pad that we use for our coolers to try to give some cushion. It didn't help, I might as well been standing on glass. I'll be paying for this one for a few days. That's what you get when you rush so much you don't stop to think.
I better head out - I need to cut the tops off the 10 pints of strawberries that we didn't sell. Night everyone :)
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