The Real First Farm

I decided that I could no longer hold off on canceling my visa and so yesterday 2 minutes before the mailman came, I dropped of my letter of cancellation. Does it feel good? A bit. Not having to worry about getting insurance translated from Italian to English to French and finding a farm that will take me is a bit of a release. I spent the rest of the day researching different French immersion classes and deciding which I would prefer based on location and cost. Of course I did not sign up for anything, as I need a couple of days to deliberate this decision.

Today, at approximately 7:23am Mountain Time, I received an email stating that an opening is available for me! One might say...why did I drop that letter of cancellation into the mailbox before the mailman came, WHY?! Not me though! It turns out this again is not a farm, but a large garden for a husband and wife in their 20s. Which means that even if I did wait to drop it into the mailbox until after the mailman came and there was a possibility of me sitting outside of the mailbox all day today just to beg the mailman to let me take that letter back, it would not be worth it since I still would not be able to get a letter on "Farm Letterhead."

The husband, Christian, is a professor and has summers off and they are focused on lessening their footprint on Earth and need some helping hands. Luckily my hands are willing and available for the time that they have open. I am scheduled to be there from August 9 - August 18th. They will need help with maintaining the garden, making paths, raising some land for new plants and cooking. I am excited to get into the kitchen and see what I can learn while there. They said I can stay on a blow up mattress and will only need to work about 3 hours a day and they have bicycles for use. This sounds perfect!

I am so happy to have something...finally! Now that I have a place to go, a whole host of planning needs to get done: what will I do in Paris, when will I leave, how will I get from Paris to Toulouse, do I want to get there a day or two early, etc.