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blue_lotus13) wrote2009-06-19 03:08 pm
blue_lotus13) wrote2009-06-19 03:08 pm
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I am definitely going to need a vacation from my vacation. It's going to be 8 jam packed days of fun! I have so many people to see. I'm really looking forward to it and to be honest, it makes me feel incredibly loved. I only lived there for 2.5 years, but feel like I have a real community of people who want to see me. That makes me feel really special.
I haven't been socializing this week and have been laying low. On Wednesday night, I fell asleep at 10 at night and slept for about 10 hours, which was much needed. I've had to do two major trips for work. I drove to Caroline, which is a tiny town down South. There I went to a store called Ravenwood Farm Fresh Meats . I met the young couple who runs the store about a year ago. They started off raising Berkshire pigs and meat goats and then decided to open a butcher shop and deli. Their store has done really well. They've managed to buy food from about 20 farm families within a 100 mile radius and won a best practices in ag innovation for their efforts. They really wanted to be able to raise their kids while working, which is why they opened the store. They were really great and quite inspirational.
Last night I had to drive to Ponoka for a meeting about drought management. We've got a really bad drought in the province and nothing is growing. However, it seems that people working in the government can't say the "d" word until the minister of agriculture says it himself. Once he's declared drought, recommendations will go forward to federal bail out money. People were pretty pissed at this. One person said that the minister needs to get in his truck and go for a ride with a large soil moisture probe to check moisture levels throughout the province.
I haven't been socializing this week and have been laying low. On Wednesday night, I fell asleep at 10 at night and slept for about 10 hours, which was much needed. I've had to do two major trips for work. I drove to Caroline, which is a tiny town down South. There I went to a store called Ravenwood Farm Fresh Meats . I met the young couple who runs the store about a year ago. They started off raising Berkshire pigs and meat goats and then decided to open a butcher shop and deli. Their store has done really well. They've managed to buy food from about 20 farm families within a 100 mile radius and won a best practices in ag innovation for their efforts. They really wanted to be able to raise their kids while working, which is why they opened the store. They were really great and quite inspirational.
Last night I had to drive to Ponoka for a meeting about drought management. We've got a really bad drought in the province and nothing is growing. However, it seems that people working in the government can't say the "d" word until the minister of agriculture says it himself. Once he's declared drought, recommendations will go forward to federal bail out money. People were pretty pissed at this. One person said that the minister needs to get in his truck and go for a ride with a large soil moisture probe to check moisture levels throughout the province.