Emotions

The first week working in the Oakville Farm has gone by, I have to say quite quickly. It has been definately interesting, but as I’ve said before, a bit hard and of course tiring. Nevertheless, it’s the past now and looking forward to the future. J

I guess it is necessaryto take a break of so-called serious work after some time and do something different, do something that allows you to slow down and not be in a rush every day. I am not sure though how the officework here is, I assume more relaxed than compared to what I am used to, but the farmwork has it’s benefits. There is no rush, well at least now. Everything takes time, everybody has time and if you do not finish with something today, you always have tomorrow. Yes, some things cannot wait, especially when there is either harvesting or seeding involved. But now I am waiting for it. A 12-14 hour working day does not seem easy at all, but it definately involves a lot bigger income. And quite frankly, how hard can it be to drive around in a tractor, do spraying with the help of GPS that even keeps yu going in a straight line. All I really have to do is turn the machine around and not fall asleep. J

Also, here I’ve already learned to drive machines I think I never would have. I do not know what I am going to do with that knowledge in the future, but eventually it might come handy. Various types of tractors, also old trucks, small forklifts and bigger, industrial forklifts. It’s fairly easy, it’s just the fact that usually you do not even get a chance to have a try in one of those, without actually being involved in any business dealing with them. Well yeah, here I am in a business dealing with them, but I mean that back at home I guess it won’t be so simple compared to what it’s here.

Today, Monday 02.05. we went for a quick drive around the farmlands to have a look at the fields we are going to be dealing with in the coming weeks. That is a LOT of land, a LOT of dricing, a LOT of kilometers. In addition to that, tomorrow we are going to drive to the 2 other places that we will eventually be working in. That means taking all the equipment from here to those other 2 farms, doing the necessary jobs there and heading back. As they are located a fair bit away from here, it’ll be a long roadtrip with the tractors, average speed of 20-30km/h on the public roads. J But it’ll definately be an experience and a change in the life here. What more could you ask for.