keep on truckin

Well we are on week 2 of rotations. I'm still at WIC and really enjoying it. All of the people at WIC are super funny and welcoming. One of the ladies is going to teach me how to make ceviche next week :) On Friday my preceptor and I worked at the Clearlake farmers market that had about 5 booths, but it was pretty good looking fruits and veggies. Also, with our WIC farmers market program, we had at least $650 circulating throughout the market in an area where the farmers could really use it so it made me feel good. The only negative thing that happened was that a woman with an infant and a teenage boy who has mental disabilities took advantage of us and came to the market and got free checks from us for a second time (they're only allowed one ticket per season) anyways, she just made us feel very violated since we're there to help people and she was so sneaky hiding behind her disabled son. Just made me mad.
Saturday morning we went to the Kelseyville farmers market which was much better than Clearlake's. We got a HUGE Walla Walla that made me feel more at home. We also got some summer squash, a jalapeño, and some very helpful information on recluse spiders.
After the market we tried to hike Mt. Konocti, which turned out to be a major fail because by the time we got there it was already about 11:30 am and 105° outside.  We only made it 1/4-1/2 mile in then had to turn around.  The rest of the day was spent grocery shopping (thank god) and ironing.
Sundays have officially become our traditional Sunday Funday. We started off with a trip to our new gym and sweated our butts off. Then we had our first Sunday fun day breakfast and made waffles with whip cream and berries! It tasted as good as it sounds. The only bummer was that we forgot to get vegetable oil so we had to use olive oil in the waffles... It turned out alright with a little added honey. The next part of our Sunday fun day was not so fun, we have nightly bird meetings out on our pier and they keep pooping all over the place. We started scrubbing but our little brushes just were too puney for the amount of scrubbing needed, so we quickly gave up. But after that we headed to Ukiah and finally got some normal life experience by shopping at Ross. I got a really pretty canvas for our living room. Then we went over to see the other interns who live in Ukiah. We went to Ukiah Brewing Company for dinner and I was able to have a drink because they sold half pints!! ... And I had a burger and fries to help soak it up. We walked from dinner to the park where Ukiah was putting on their summer series of the concerts in the park. It was SO fun, the band playing was called The Brothers Comatose, I played them once or twice on my radio shown at KZUU, they were AMAZING. So much fun, so many crazy people dancing-- it was like folklife but a little different. Definitely going back for the next one though!
Its bed time now,
Lindsey