Summer ends and I am remiss about posting here. Was supposed to have written about our journey to Santa Fe in early June. Sally spent a week there with my sister (she of the straw bale house) and Andrew, Spencer, my brother, Jim, and I drove down to spend a weekend and bring her home again. Here is Spencer in Santa Fe Market.
Last week she began classes at Front Range Community College, which is just 11 miles up the road from us. She chose to go this route for two reasons: 1. She hasn’t yet decided what she would like to study, but wants to carry on with higher education. She can undertake general studies here which she will be able to apply to whatever degree course she ultimately chooses, and 2. Community College tuition is easily half of standard university tuition, and Colorado universities guarantee to accept with full credit, the courses taken at Colorado community colleges. Moreover, those courses tend to be smaller and more individualized than Uni courses. It’s really a no-brainer.
She got a job at McDonald’s in late June, but it has been most unsatisfactory from day one, when she turned up for her orientation along with five others and waited for 45 minutes before being told the orientation was cancelled, to the five week delay in providing her with her first paycheck. which she received only last week.
I have been working nearly every day including Sundays for some six weeks. A colleague passed away quite suddenly, and I have been working several of her shifts. In addition, the library is undertaking a project and we all have the opportunity to pick up some extra hours.
I had my bike retrofitted with a motor so that I could ride to work. The library is just under four miles away, so within easy distance, but there is this major hill on the way home. Of course it is on the way to work as well, but obviously one way is down which is no problem, and the other way….. Anyway, I employ the motor for just one minute up this hill each day. One still pedals, but it feels no more onerous than pedaling on a flat surface. It’s terrific. The only downside being the weight of the batteries; they must weigh 40lbs, making the bike seriously heavy.
