We finished up the 2011 tobacco crop up, harvest wise last saturday. We had a pretty good year, we kept enough help hired that the work wasn't unbearably hard at any particular time. I started looking for a big baler on craigslist, but haven't found any luck with anything affordable yet.
I spent the last two days prepping for an interview to win grant money for a new piece of equipment for the farm. I am pretty excited about having new tillage equipment on the farm, and having a big percentage of the loan paid off by a grant would be a big help. I found out I had to be interviewed last week, but didn't really have any idea what type of questions would be asked. It turned out they wanted to know about the piece of equipment, why it would be useful, and how long it would stay on the farm. I think the interview went well, but I have to appear better than eight other people who were granted interviews.
Speaking of farming, I don't know how much longer I will be farming. I am looking for full time work as a teacher, and may have to move away to reasonably accomadate that ambition. At first it may just be as a resume builder until a local job opens up. Amanda doesn't really like moving and changing homes all that much, so we'll just have to see what happens.
Two months in, marriage is going pretty good. Its really nice to have a partner for the rest of my life such as Amanda. Things are a little different than before, when we were cohabitating, and I think they are for the better. The stress of her work and commute is starting to get to her though. I imagine I would be pretty unhappy if I spent nearly three hours a day on the road, and had to work in the conditions she has to. She had the chance to work a little closer to here over the summer, but decided that the offer wasn't for her and turned it down. This is apparently now the slow season so now not many places are looking for any extra help. I am optimistic that things will get better, but I don't think Amanda is holding out as much hope.
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