The Rural Life
Well, tending to the farm for four days went surprisingly well, yet was also pretty dull. Fortunately for me, I only had to do farm things for about 45 minutes apiece in the mornings and evenings, which gave me the freedom to relax and enjoy the slower pace of rural life for the last time this summer. The few breaks from this routine reminded me that:
- How IT is used at the school in St. Edward makes my soul cry a little more with each encounter…the irrationality, ineptitude, and controlling arrogance of the IT folk there would take several posts to flesh out its magnitude.
- Round-buying is still very pervasive in small towns, even more so if you’re with people who only see you a few times each year. “I’ve had enough” can’t be used to escape this, either.
My time spent at home was not in vain; my parents had a good time on vacation and I was able to actually accomplish a thing or two whilst home as well. Another (and hopefully final) year of school approaches…