OH BOY did we do a lot of work at TMS. Especially on this joyous of all days. Enjoy.

Day 83 (written day 86)
Farm day! Early breakfast, and then off to garden hill with Hallie, Becky, Kate, Kemi, Chelsea, Shizue, and Zoe RA for raking and planting. Kemi and I bonded over Magnetic Baby by Semi Precious Weapons. There were amazing donuts and lemonade for a snack. I talked with people.
Next task: waiting for Susie. We napped: Kate, Kemi, Shizue and I. When she showed up, I started shoveling compost with Shizue and Kemi, while I thought of lyrics for Drinking Problem's “There It Is Again.” I think they're good... for a joke band. About alcoholism. <_<
After that, Kate joined us in planting peas, and Susie instructed me to then de-dandelion the beds. I sang Trick of the Tail. Lunch was hamburgers, and oh boy were they good: onion rings and everything. We all ate outside. After that, I went back up to Garden Hill with Becky and Zoe RA to work in the orchard. They worked on shoving rags soaked in ammonia down woodchuck holes while I tosses ash at trees to fertilize them. Not too much—the wood ash I dragged up from the shop basement has lye in it. Jake and Jay joined me, and we sang the “pie iesu domine dona eis requiem” chant from Monty Python. Jay and I had shovel fights.
The last task was with Nora and Gabby: we rode out with Alden, Matt and Jack to a wood crew site and moved wood. It cumulated in a fantastic move of one pile, wherein I lapped Alden while singing Rock and Roll, pt. 2 and D.O.A. by someone and Foo Fighters, respectively. Dinner was again good. I don't remember what it was. There was work and chilling after. I was too tired to do any real work.