Don't you hate it when...
Don't you hate it when you've been up for 3 times as long as you slept?This was not the best day. I went to bed late (knowing that i had to get up extra early), and had trouble getting to sleep. I was in a tent with two other people, a 16x20 tent that is full of an apartment's worth of stuff. Down the street, I could hear some kind of large farm machines. I could also hear crickets, and the occasional owl. But I knew that it was about to end, and I would be forced back to the city to do some paid work.
I was trying to make the 7:55 train, 15 miles from the farm. Shelley got up at 5:45, so I woke up then, too. I tried to keep sleeping, but it's hard when trucks pull up and people get out and talk and try to run heavy machinery, until they realize that the road is flooded, so they won't be able to work on that property for days. Oops, irrigation boo boo. I found out this morning that my bike is trashed. The frame is broken. Bro-ken. Cracked all the way through. I think it wasn't cracked this bad before i went to the farm, cuz it just felt like the bottom bracket was having issues. I'm so sad, I really loved this bike. Good thing that Chris diagnosed it while the bike was there at the farm.
I guess I got up at 6:45, and was all packed to come back home around 7:15. Minus things like a cellphone charger and Herman, who was supposed to drive me. I tried shouting across the field to him. I tried calling both of his phones (i heard one ring,a nd my guess that the other one was also in the trailer). Shelley was like, put your stuff in my car. But of course we left like 15 or 20 minutes before the train was to leave, and it's a 24 minute drive. We got there 10 minutes late. A train was there, but it looked like the one going in the other direction. I hurried to get my stuff out of the car, without saying goodbye to chris and shelley cuz i thought i'd be seeing them again in a minute. They drove off without even waiting to see if I got on the train. (what the hell? who does that?!)
I called to tell them that my train was long gone, and they told me where i could find a bagel place. I only had to wait an hour and a half for the next train. Can you say anxiety? See, I had to clean someone's house today. And you really have to get there by 12. And the train was gonna get in at 11, and iw asn't sure if i'd be able to ride the 2-3 miles home. Poor me. I went slow and made it home in one piece, and two hours later, i finally left for work. i'm glad that i went and did the whole house and got all of that out of the way, but i feel bad that i finished so late.
On the 4th, i helped herman with some pipe work and diagnosing problems with the sprinklers, after i had weeded for a few hours. Then we went to Cache Creek, the casino. I spent $1 on gambling. At one point I was $15 ahead, but I cashed out at $4.50. Still a pretty good profit margin, but of course i wasn't playing with any kind of big bucks.
It was interesting going there- very diverse, though not so many native americans, african americans, or even latinos that much. the drive to the capay valley is just gorgeous. we passed lots of farm stands, and one was even selling fireworks! i'm pretty sure i have never seen a legal fireworks stand before.
We could see 11 sets of fireworks from the plot. Beat that, AK Press warehouse! well, i haven't checked with daveid to see how many he can see from there.
posted by mahtin @ 10:33 PM
