Labor-wise, the morning wasn't too bad. Chris, the farmer pulled up with his truck and Mike and I helped unload (with 3 or 4 other people) and set up. Then we were assigned posts. I was lucky enough to get the flower distribution, and Mike got the eggs. Basically, what this entailed was when somebody came up, you find their name on a list and mark 'em off. Easy as pie.
The hardest part was the unexpected smells. See, there were three smells competing for our affections this morning:
1. The outhouse-like poo smell of the nearby compost project
2. The extreme sandalwood incense the compost project was burning to cover up the outhouse-like poo smell, and
3. The food cart
The food cart was by far our biggest threat. It was positioned directly in front of where Mike and I were stationed. We hadn't had time for breakfast, and all morning the fellow was right in front of us frying bacon, sausage, burgers and eggs. Sweet Baby Jesus, it was INTENSE. Mike broke down after about 7 minutes and went over and got a bacon, egg, and cheese on a baguette while I watched his post. I managed to hold off until we finished at noon, but man, it was a struggle.
All in all, it was a very good time. Talked to a lot of great people and even found a couple of freakishly large chicken eggs and one teensy-tiny baby-sized one. Once we closed up shop and cleaned up (and attacked the food cart) we hung out for a little while with another of the volunteers, then hiked over to Enid's to drop off the leftover flowers. They were quite appreciative. Then, on the way home we stopped at a parking-lot garage sale and got a copy of Evil Dead 2 on VHS for a buck!
It was the perfect end to a perfect morning.
Mike, the food cart, and my flowers
Ran into the Playgirl van parked on the way home. It smelled okay so I had Mike pose for a picture with it. He was not amused. (But I was!)
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