So much for religiously keeping a journal while at Acorn. I'm back now, and have been for over a day and a half.

I always enjoy my time at Acorn. I find myself regretting that my summer doesn't allow for a more extended interaction with the community. In fact, I probably won't be back until the fall. Pity.

I am interested in spending a long enough time at Acorn to justify learning more about the office work behind the business, as I got the feeling that there's lots of office work to be done, and that it's almost always available for the doing. It seems like there's a fair amount of learning time involved, so I feel weird asking to be shown the ropes when I'm only there for a few days. I think a minimum stay of 2 weeks is in order. Once I get the hang of it, though, I'll have something to go do when I'm sitting around and feeling useless. I'd like that.

River was kind enough to let me sit in on his Clearness, which is the last step in the membership process. The communication required is admirable, but I imagine it could be really intimidating. Perhaps more about that later.

Sleeping in Paul's room without him was interesting. His room is so full of him, even when he's not around. On Monday, he and Elizabeth arrived and I moved to Heartwood. I can't believe I won't see Elizabeth again until August! Then again, I guess I won't see much of anyone here until July, which isn't that much earlier. Anyway. Paul. My feelings about Paul are, as ever, complicated. We talked. As far as the relationship between the two of us goes, I think we both seem to be in a pretty good place. The general feeling I got from our talk was that the summer needs to happen, and then we'll see where we are.

This summer is so full of possibility. Potential change. It seems silly to make plans for the fall, you know? I am about to sail across an ocean and I can't see the other shore-- why decide now how I will disembark?

In other news:
-I went to the library today and finally got my own library card. I checked out books on vermiculture composting (worm box!) and edible container gardening. I'm reading "Worms Eat my Garbage," and my dad asked to borrow it once I finish with it. My parents might start worm compositing! How exciting!
-The Heritage Harvest Festival sounds like an awesome day. I kind of want to go. I told my mom about it, and she sounded interested in going, too.
-Still waiting on my uterus. This sucks.
-I have just spent a ridiculous amount of time going through Southern Exposure Seed Exchange's online catalog looking for their smallest tasty plants. Hey man, I want a container garden.