I've worked in the office on various projects in the last month. I've also been sent out a few times to cut hay for Vermeer employees who own ground but don't own mowers or who offered their hay for testing purposes. One such person happened to be a Vermeer VP, but I didn't actually meet him. An enhancement engineer had me out at his place to run a baler and rake that I hadn't ever run before. I put up all of about five ton of hay in an afternoon, so it wasn't anything very strenuous. I helped a baler engineer move a few cows (four pairs, look out) around Memorial Day weekend, and was nice to be around them again. Similar to Ireland, cattle farmers here are staggered by huge Montana acreages and cattle head counts, and the CX isn't big by Montana standards.
The end of school has brought in a crop of freshly graduated full-time new-hires and interns. Not that I'm terribly high up or anything, but I enjoy no longer being on the dead bottom of the totem pole. I've spent some time with almost all of them so far, and they seem like a fun bunch. One intern is another dealer's son from Oklahoma, and a directional drilling intern is yet another dealer's son, this one from Wyoming.
Lately, I've been trying to get outside as much as possible. The weather has been unbeatable. The apartment complex finally opened its pool, though I've only been in it once. I bought a bike last Sunday and have put about thirty miles on it so far, riding around town and on the trail down to the Des Moines river. There are lots of trails down by the river and dam that I'll be out and about on throughout the summer.
I will be home for the week of the 4th, via Spokane for an anniversary party for Corey and Tiffany McBain the weekend before. ACE will also be home early in the week, so I will be thrilled to see them, along with my parents of course. I will do my best to make my rounds and see as many people as possible, and I won't be happy if it isn't hectic!
