I am home! Well, let me reword that. I was home for a couple days and now I am in Santa Rosa, California. Yes. I said California. I know what you are thinking.
Didn't you just move back from California? Yep.
What are you doing back out there then? This is just a seasonal thing. Keep reading.
I arrived in San Francisco at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, August 6th. I collected my luggage and headed to check in for my Southwest flight to Chicago Midway. It wasn’t scheduled to leave until 6:30 PM that evening, but I thought I would see if I could catch an earlier flight. It was my lucky day! They changed my ticket, at no additional cost to me, to the 12:30 PM flight. I would land in Chicago at 8:30 PM instead of midnight.
Korinne picked me up at the airport and we were off to the city. I couldn’t stop smiling the moment I saw the dazzling Chicago city lights. This was the moment that I knew I was home. I spent the next couple of days in Chicago catching up with friends and on Saturday my mother and aunt Jen came and picked me up.
I interviewed for a couple seasonal harvest jobs in California and accepted a job as a Seasonal Viticulturist at Richard’s Grove and Saralee’s Vineyard in Windsor, California (Russian River AVA). At 5:30 AM on Thursday, August 14th, I started my Nissan Xterra and headed West to California. It had been awhile since I had driven on the right side of the road. I was pumped and spent the next 22 hours driving straight only stopping for gas, to grab a quick snack and go to the loo. Friday morning at 3:30 AM I pulled over for a quick 40 minute power nap and then I was off. I arrived in California Friday afternoon and met up with Andries, that’s my boyfriend who I met while doing harvest in New Zealand.
It has been hot as H- E- double hockey sticks here! The grapes are ripening in record time. My job as a Seasonal Viticulturist has been fantastic. I work with a great group of people, I get to be outside in the vineyard for a majority of the day and I get to drive a Gator around. I am learning a lot about how different varieties of grapes mature and the overall effect of terrior—especially location, soil and weather.
So here I am in Santa Rosa, California. I live in an apartment and have two plastic folding lawn chairs as furniture. I use my boogie board as a table and I love it! Yesterday I drove around to see if I could pick up some part time work in a tasting room. On my second stop at Harvest Moon Winery, I had landed myself a job in the tasting room. I started today and had a blast. I love mingling with people especially over great wines. I will be working Saturday, Sunday and Mondays in the tasting room and as needed.
Life is good.
Becky
Didn't you just move back from California? Yep.
What are you doing back out there then? This is just a seasonal thing. Keep reading.
I arrived in San Francisco at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, August 6th. I collected my luggage and headed to check in for my Southwest flight to Chicago Midway. It wasn’t scheduled to leave until 6:30 PM that evening, but I thought I would see if I could catch an earlier flight. It was my lucky day! They changed my ticket, at no additional cost to me, to the 12:30 PM flight. I would land in Chicago at 8:30 PM instead of midnight.
Korinne picked me up at the airport and we were off to the city. I couldn’t stop smiling the moment I saw the dazzling Chicago city lights. This was the moment that I knew I was home. I spent the next couple of days in Chicago catching up with friends and on Saturday my mother and aunt Jen came and picked me up.
I interviewed for a couple seasonal harvest jobs in California and accepted a job as a Seasonal Viticulturist at Richard’s Grove and Saralee’s Vineyard in Windsor, California (Russian River AVA). At 5:30 AM on Thursday, August 14th, I started my Nissan Xterra and headed West to California. It had been awhile since I had driven on the right side of the road. I was pumped and spent the next 22 hours driving straight only stopping for gas, to grab a quick snack and go to the loo. Friday morning at 3:30 AM I pulled over for a quick 40 minute power nap and then I was off. I arrived in California Friday afternoon and met up with Andries, that’s my boyfriend who I met while doing harvest in New Zealand.
It has been hot as H- E- double hockey sticks here! The grapes are ripening in record time. My job as a Seasonal Viticulturist has been fantastic. I work with a great group of people, I get to be outside in the vineyard for a majority of the day and I get to drive a Gator around. I am learning a lot about how different varieties of grapes mature and the overall effect of terrior—especially location, soil and weather.
So here I am in Santa Rosa, California. I live in an apartment and have two plastic folding lawn chairs as furniture. I use my boogie board as a table and I love it! Yesterday I drove around to see if I could pick up some part time work in a tasting room. On my second stop at Harvest Moon Winery, I had landed myself a job in the tasting room. I started today and had a blast. I love mingling with people especially over great wines. I will be working Saturday, Sunday and Mondays in the tasting room and as needed.
Life is good.
Becky
