I admit that I have a limited understanding of farming but I do know that May is a busy month with planting and weeding and getting things put into order. That knowledge however will not prevent me from going on a 7 day cruise with my family. Do any real farmers take a week off in May? If not than I will have to retreat to the designation of part time rookie farmer.
For real, I have 3 sons and a surrogate son graduating this May. Such a momentous event calls for a celebration. Most normal people would go to dinner at a fancy restaurant and call it a day. No we have to go to a fancy ship to eat 21 meals. All the while the thistle takes root and the tomato plants have to fend for themselves. Thank goodness for Josh.
The reality is that at 57 I have a lot of people minding the farm (so to speak). Mark and Shannon have Mountainside covered. Debbie and Katie have the opening of our Reston Center under control and I can't even mention all of the wonderful people who have Kids Club and the Summer Programs at the helm while the captain (Nancy) and the Swabbie (Me) come up with sound justifications for leaving and goofing off at the busiest time of the year. My defense for such actions is to hearken back to the days when Nancy and I scrubbed the bathrooms clean after each camp day and then had to reorganize the bus routs each week and handled 30 or so calls from parents each night. So what if that was 25 to 30 years ago and the smell of ammonia has long since faded from my senses.
I promised Josh that I will get sweaty and dirty as soon as I get back next week.
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