Jun 15 2009
Gardening and Work
The big family garden has been in for a few weeks now and the weeds have overtaken just about everything. That was until this morning when they were all dispatched thanks to a heavy duty steel rake that I like to use. The weeds don’t stand a chance against that beast of a rake.
It’s still too early to harvest much of anything. The only thing picked is strawberries. They’re coming off the vine quite well this year. We’ve received a great deal of rain this spring and the plants are looking very healthy. From the last two pickings (today and about four or five days ago), four gallons of strawberries have been harvested! And just like virtually anything picked from a garden (as opposed to the garbage sold in the grocery stores), they look and taste just like they should. I hate buying produce (namely strawberries and tomatoes) in the grocery store because they’re always shipped in from California or Florida and are often picked too early and they haven’t ripened properly, leaving them nearly tasteless.
In other news, I’ve applied for a new job. I’m trying to get out of my writing job and into something I could see myself doing for twenty or thirty years. One of the local TV stations recently posted a job ad for an opening they had in the control room.
I didn’t dismiss the ad like I would have ordinarily because the ad mentioned it was entry level, all training provided. Since I’ve never worked in the control room, I’ll need the training. Most of these sorts of jobs demand years of experience, but it looks like the local station is trying to find someone young and have them be there for a while and I’d like that someone to be me. Writing has been great for me, but as I get closer to turning thirty, I think more and more about finding a career and being able to settle down. I don’t feel I can do that with my writing job. I haven’t heard back from the station engineer, but I’m hopeful.