Friday, December 17, 2010

If ever there were a day to post...

it was yesterday.

Today will have to do, as the second most epic day to post.  Part of the reason that I am so interested in this whole blog hubbub is because I find the time every other day to read a few of my favorite blogs, and when there are triumphs in the lives of these incredible women, I smile at my computer and feel happy.  Lately, I haven't had that many triumphs of my own to share, and quite frankly I have decided not to post a few times when my entry started out negative and whiny.  Still, I sign into the blogger dashboard every few days to check and see what's worth smiling about on the interweb.
I'm going to go ahead and get a teeny-tiny negative and whiny blurb out there so that it can be done and I can talk about all of this bitchen stuff in the future.  I had a job that I loved for two years.  I bragged about the fact that on Sunday night I truly went to sleep thinking, "The sooner that I fall asleep, the sooner it will be Monday morning!"  I kid you not. 
Okay, so I worked at a preschool.  So what if I think that three to five year old humans are way cooler, more original, less inhibited, and all around easier to be with than most adults.  I know adults that feel otherwise, but really, I would enjoy myself with a group of five year olds just as much, if not more, than I would ever enjoy myself with a room full of adults!
With this being said, I felt very valued by the parents of the children in my class.  After months of months of feeling unsupported by my supervisor, I asked for her permission to approach the board of directors (this is a very well established non-profit Montessori school).  Instead of the opportunity to voice my concerns, I was paid out for two weeks of work and asked to leave abruptly.  After such a "wah-wah-waaaaaah" moment in my life, I have been searching for the right position to work which will excite me again like teaching that age group did.
Some of my hobbies include cooking and baking, but another culinary hobby of mine is fermenting.  For anyone whose nose happened to scrunch, you just think about cheese, beer, wine, and bread for a minute!  Sauerkraut and kimchi, wild pickles and kombucha, ginger brew and rejuvelac!  Okay, maybe some of this stuff isn't as popular as I would like it to be in our culture, but to those of you who think Reed's is a good ginger ale should try making your own wild ginger brew! 
I really am getting to a point about yesterday.  Yesterday, I was finally able to meet with the man who started the Fermentation Festival in my area.  This year would be it's third year, however, the incredible man who started this festival was realizing that he did not have the time or energy to shift into over-drive in order to produce it this year.  That, my imaginary bloggy friends, is where I have jumped in.  I am going to work my buns off to make this the best out of the three years.  I have so many grand ideas and concepts brewing in my head... ha!  I couldn't help myself!
Hopefully this will be the start of many more entries, as I have a feeling that I will be on this computer lots more!  

3 comments:

  1. Sadly, I don't think there's a fermentation festival in my area. Too bad, because I would totally go. I think that sounds like a super thing to be involved in.

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  2. It is going to be a ton of fun... does your town have a hoppin' local farmer's market during the summer? My tiny dream is to do a little roadshow tour in the next few years to towns that could support the festival on a local market day...

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  3. I wouldn't call it hoppin'. It's more utilitarian than anything else, I think--not a lot of craft vendors or anything. I don't go to it much, for obvious reasons.

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