Jet lag can be very productive

I am not a morning person, BUT I have been getting up early (for me) because I can't sleep past 8 or so. I know, I know, it's been a week since I got home and I really should be over the jet lag. But I figured something out.

I can get a lot done during the day when I actually get up.

For some of you, this is a no brainer (and I guess it is for me too, I just try to deny it). Since I'm only home for a couple weeks though, I want to be extra productive and helpful with farm stuff, because I really do enjoy it. And because the weather was sort of fabulous at the end of last week.

Friday I poured concrete with my mom, sister, and dad. Mixing concrete by hand is a really good core and upper back workout. We managed to get all the concrete in the sales room done (yay!).

Saturday I learned a new skill! Using a torch to cut metal is fun and useful. There was a bunch of steel or iron  bars (I don't know my metals very well) that were about 16 feet long and needed to be much shorter to scrap, so we cut them up. I managed to not burn myself! And now if I need to break into a vault or something, I can do it with a torch. Of course, I don't condone burglary, so I probably won't be using my new skills for that much.

Sunday I went to a lovely wedding of a couple friends. The weather was very not summery, but the rain held off long enough for the ceremony to be outside.

Which reminds me, I'm mourning the loss of summer. There are a lot of crazy people out there that are excited about fall (yes, I believe you are crazy - you are welcome to judge me back for my love of sweltering heat). I suppose I shouldn't mourn it too much since I'm going to fly to summer next week.

That's right, folks, I'm going to Australia next week. I'm excited, but really nervous since I'm going by myself and it's halfway across the world. Also, I'll be there for seven weeks. If I end up not liking it (which I'm not expecting) I'm in a bunch of trouble. I'll  be WWOOFING (world wide opportunities for organic farming), so at least I will be staying with people and working alongside them, so that should be fun.

Time to get working on all that logistical stuff that goes along with such a trip.