2003-10-17 - 7:39 p.m.
Well another sale season is comming to an end. In just a week or so we will be closed till next July. About all we have left for sale are some bell peppers and a few apples. I sort of look forward to us being closed and regret it at the same time. We sure do miss the income but by this time we're just about burned out. It's been daylight to dark work pretty much since the middle of April. Now we can get back to regular 8 hour days and perhaps go camping or walking every now and then. By the end of the summer I start to think maybe I should quit and get a different job, but by the time spring rolls around again I'll be talking to Sue about all my big plans for the comming year and actually sound excited about the coming season. I been through it enough times to know that's what will happen. I used to gripe and complain near the end of the season but I don't do that too much any more. Don't get me wrong, I'm still as tired as I ever was, perhaps more so. I just haved learned that given a little time it will pass and I'll have a completely different outlook on things so I try to keep my mouth shut and wait it out. I believe thats called experience, at least I hope it is. It was a good year for us. The second best we ever had sales wise. Pretty soon the new seed catalogs will start arriving and my anticipation of the next year will begin to grow.
I don't know what it is about a printed catalog? I could go online and visit the sights of the seed companies I do buisiness with but it just not the same. Stretching out on the couch on a cold day all covered up with a blanket and the seed catalog open, now thats relaxing! By the time I finally make my order the pages are a little dogeared and I've learned every new variety by heart. I just don't get that same feeling from a website.
