Going strong on Berry Botanic

I feel good about today. I visited The Berry Botanic Gardens with Ernie and I loved what I saw. It has nothing to do with berries so it was much more diverse than I realized. It's named after the last name of Berry. Glad my cover letter doesn't mention being happy to work with berries because I did work with blackberries in my last job.

I am volunteering there tomorrow in weather forecasted as "showers!" I said that I was assuming the competition is quite stiff because of the amount of application materials they want and she said it varied. That is a good sign. I want to be there and this is one way I know I can.

However I am on course to applying for a summer internship. I got my transcript and it has to be sent to them unfortunately. But that is what is happening... Its being sent to them. I'm proud of what I accomplished today. Did you catch all that? Well here's an addendum I am posting in real time: The deadline was March 1st. I did all this for nothing- at least as far as applying... but the good news is that I found this place and I will be volunteering in the horticulture side and hopefully the conservation side too.

We also went to the Zenger Farm today and learned there is a volunteer work party friday from 2-5 and the last hour we can take a tour. This is an organic city teaching garden. I don't know much about it yet but I'll find out. I talked to Alice working there, a T.A. I had for a forest class and fellow student in plant physiology about 9 months ago. That was neat. It was a great day.

We bought some good garden rain shoes for me. They were about $2.00 at the per-pound GoodWill. They are excellent shoes. A day can't be bad when you get a good pair of shoes.