Time is different here. It moves slower, meandering through the day with no check points for reference of time. I woke up early this morning because I was told Muna does classes in the mornings, but she wasn't around so I went to the garden and started watering and weeding. I was pulled out of the garden to clean for a while and then somehow corralled into the kitchen as a sue chef for our amazing gourmet lunch.  The salad was so fresh there was still a caterpillar in it :)  yum.

After lunch I was asked to help a friend of the garden, Tido, with his personal garden up the road.  Me and one other guy went and helped him plant his flower seeds. It was a beautiful day, I really see the beauty here.  We are right up against the mountains but looking out to the west is vast open range with plateaus and mesa's in the distance.  Although the soil is really dry and dusty, it's greener here than I thought it would be. A fair amount of trees and small creeks that they diverge into their irrigation system help to keep things more lush.

I followed Muna around for awhile and worked with some compost and flowering beds. My allergies are starting to hit me so constantly having my head down is a bit uncomfortable. She told me I should move into a cabin tonight.  At first I was apprehensive because it would withdraw me further from the group, but having a little space for myself to spread out a bit and not have to be so paranoid about waking someone up or making sure everything I need is out before the lights are out or whatever will be really nice.  Especially if I plan on staying for a little while.

Which speaking of, my original idea was to stay the entire season and move back to Denver come fall, but the last day and a half has convinced me that perhaps a month is all I need... and even that will be plenty of time. Not that it's not lovely here, the people are definitely friendly and it's beautiful... but... it's just different. Hard to articulate right now.  And it turns out that I might have a pretty perfect living situation presenting itself in Denver for half way through July, so that's a good enough excuse to make an exit.

So here I am on day two, I feel like I've here a week and I'm starting to get settled. I think I will go enjoy the quite and privacy of my new digs :)