Started the heavy garden work. Digging, dragging a poorly designed plastic wheelbarrow full of forest soil 300 meters up a hill and down a hill to the house, rototilling all afternoon, Making beds. Gotta get those tomatoes in the ground, and all the rest too. Feels good. Making plans to build a solar dehydrator. Feels good too.
Going to go camping near Bagneres de Bigorre, the Pyrenees Mountains, on the weekend. Excited to finally meet the mountains which I may someday call home.
No luck yet finding a temp job, but have good chances to get a 3 week job with a local apple orchard starting in June.
It is getting nice and warm here now, and I have the chance to accompany Stephanie to the farmer's market at Chatellayon, at the beach, tomorrow! Going to enjoy the beach. Market too.
Not feeling particularly creative or humorous right now, so this is a 'Straightforward Factual Blog Post'.
Still unsure about where to go to school, if I can go to school, and my appointment with the councillor has been postponed to next week. It is getting late in the season of applying to schools.
Had a strong emotional bout of homesickness and instability monday night, but next day we started working in the garden and I felt better. I think the sense of ungroundedness can be cured by soil, not particularily Canadian soil. Also moving my body helps (helps everyone really, doesn't it?).
My future actions depend on Stephanie and her actions, my stoicism and emotional endurance, the prejudices of people who might otherwise help me if I had a good French accent, the French economy, and the unexpected limitation of living in the region of Poitou Charentes, when concerning carpentry school.
What will happen next? Stay tuned...
Cheers,
Maurizio
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