i'm at the restaurant right now, sitting in the office wearing all black waiting for malcolm who is washing dishes to finish so we can go back home to gilly and greg's. funny how easy all of this feels. yikes. sometimes life is very, very convenient.

here's something that i have given up: ambidexterity. i thought this year abroad in new zealand could be the year that i learn to be ambidextrous when i am doing farm work. i really want to be ambidextrous, and i think with enough training i can be. it was just that yesterday as i was using a handsaw to cut fence posts i realized, "hey mags, saws and hammers are not the tools on which to be learning how to use your left hand. keep using your right hand so that you keep both intact and then someday learn to use your left."

i hear malcolm finishing up. i think it's time to go back to the house! and some money direct deposited into my bank account! at $12.50/hour minimum wage, thank you very much!

love,
maggie