CSA

This summer Jon and I are experimenting with Community Supported Agriculture. We bought a "share" in a local, organic farm, and each week we have a box full of produce delivered to a local pick-up point. This week will be our first box, a "small family share" suitable for 2-3 people. Each week we'll get what was harvested in the past few days, so we'll be eating only what is in season. This week we are expecting a bunch of different lettuces, cilantro (ew), parsley, spinach, radishes, something called garlic scapes, and an organice vidalia onion and some celery from a sister-farm. Also a dozen eggs from pastured chickens. The eggs are supposed to have more nutrients and omega-3s because the chickens roam around eating bugs and dirt and stuff, instead of just chicken feed. I'm very excited. In the middle of summer we'll be getting a bountiful box of tomatoes, squash, lettuce, carrots, greens, onions, herbs, etc. There may be some plums, cherries, apples and pears thrown into the mix from time to time. The boxes will come until December, but it will mostly be winter squash and potatoes at the end. Regardless, fresh, organic, pesticide-free, local, in-season produce is bound to be a winner and I can't wait to start eating! And with the price of food going up up up, as the price to ship it in from around the world goes up up up, we've locked in our produce prices for the rest of the year! Nice.

Work continues to be hectic, with my ability to focus increasingly limited. I have a fog brain. I worked until 8:30pm on Monday night (from home after about 5pm) because I just couldn't focus during the day. The most annoying man sits in a cube near mine and he is ALWAYS on the phone doing something not work related. Changing his homeowners insurance, talking to his wife, complaining about his wife, looking into buying a new car, looking into selling an existing car, calling people on Craig's List to buy who-knows-what, setting up an appointment to fix a crack in his windshield, talking about the weather, finding a HVAC guy to come to his house. It is endless. And I can't NOT listen to him, which is about as annoying as his talking in the first place. I've enlisted the help of earphones from time-to-time, but it only works so well. Instead I learn way more about him than I care to know, get distracted from the task at hand, and complain about it to Jon. :)

Now, work!