50 Thoughts I’ve had while Working on the Farm
Jul 23, 2017 · 3 min read
Keipos Internship//Entry 9
It’s now week eleven, I’m almost done with my time on the farm, and I just wanted to share 50 thoughts I’ve had this summer while working. I hope you enjoy my crazy mind!
- Alright it’s 8 o’clock and it’s already 80 degrees…this day is not going to go well.
- I am SO HUNGRY, I’ve been working so hard! I bet it’s close to lunchtime…WAIT it’s only 8:30???
- I don’t think I’ve ever been this sweaty in my life. There’s sweat everywhere. I could water the plants right now. I could create a well. I could refill the Nebraskan aquifer. Seriously so much sweat…
- *I’ll Make a Man Out of You playing in my head like elevator music*
- Oh cool, the pepper plants are fruiting…I wonder if this is a hot pepper or sweet pepper…HOT HOT IT’S DEFINITELY HOT!
- You know I bet if I died out here the chickens would just come by and eat me away…
- Go away bug…Go away…I SAID LEAVE BUG
- I’m so glad the other interns are out here helping me weed…*looks up* wait, where did everyone go?
- *While working in the corn field:* Does anyone know I’m in here? Can they see me? Do they think I’m lost? Do they care?
- Wait…is the goat supposed to be in the neighbor’s yard?
- *While herding sheep and carrying food* Please don’t charge me please don’t charge me please don’t charge me please don’t charge me please —
- Oooh a raspberry…Oooh another one…Oooh mmm another one…No i will not share.
- *While weeding:* I will get this dandelion out by the root! — Shoot. Maybe this one! — Dang it. This one for sure — Nope…
- *Dropping every tool in my hand, sprinting away* I see a FROG, I gotta GO CATCH IT.
- What is that smell. Where the — what — where is it coming from…Is it me?
- Jeez I bet I’ve been out here for hours, it could be time for a break…Oh it’s been five minutes.
- Is that duck laughing at me or is that just how ducks quack?
- I can lift it I can lift it I CAN LIFT IT — ARGHHHHHH — HOLY CRAP I’M LIFTING IT!
- You know if I run everywhere on the farm, the breeze I will feel will hit my sweat, making me feel cooler…
- Wait why is there a chicken next to the house…That’s not where…chickens…go…
- Piglet, please let me love you. :(
- I shouldn’t have worn shorts today why do I do these things.
- Should I be wearing safety equipment right now?…Nahhh…I’ll be fine.
- *cleaning out the duck house* Poop on the ground, poop on my shoes, poop on my pitchfork, poop in tHE AIR, POOP ON MY ARMS, POOP IN MY HAIR, POOP EVERYWHERE —
- Holy crap I just fell…did anyone see that?
- Is that mud on my hand in my cut or is my cut in the mud on my hand?
- *Using the scythe* Slicy slicy samurai!
- I’ll just go barefoot! — This was a bad idea.
- *Climbing over a fence like:* Spider Riah Spider Riah does whatever a Spider Riah does!
- *Upon finding a dead squash plant: looking up to the sky, holding a rotting zucchini* SQUAAASSSHHH BUGGGGGSSSS!
- *While cleaning spinach* Oh that one’s not good, I’ll eat it. And that one, and that one…also this one —
- There’s rhubarb bread?? *sprints*
- Am I hungry, or tired, or dehydrated…or…all of them?
- *Counting bunches of kale for CSA members boxes* 1, 2, 3, 4…19, 20. Perfect. *Putting the bunches into boxes* Why do I have an extra…WHO DOESN’T HAVE KALE?
- Does my knee hurt? No..yes.. no yes…no…wait…yes it does. Eh, keep working.
- What if I…ate…a japanese beetle…you know to show my dominance.
- It’s so beautiful out here.
- I can’t believe this is my job.
- I literally just weeded this bed yesterday, how are the weeds back already??
- *When the chickens flock to you in the morning* Awh maybe the chickens love me! ….Nah it’s probably because I have food.
- *While gathering eggs:* Ohp, that one’s REALLY warm…
- *Using the outhouse* Nice, a wet seat.
- *Using the outhouse* Is that a mushroom on the door? …Oh my gosh it is.
- *Using the outhouse and looking out over the door* Howdy neighbor!
- *Walking into air conditioning for the first time that day* Oh my…bless this incredible invention…
- Wait, it’s week 11?! NO!
- I can’t believe how fast this summer has gone by, I’ve learned so much here.
- I will miss this place so much, I need to visit ASAP.
- I need to have a farm of my own someday. Need to. It’s not negotiable.
- I love my job.
