Farmer's Market

Ugh.

The Farmer's Market is back.

Normally, I would enjoy such things. And to be fair, I still do. But I don't enjoy when they park their LARGE trucks in front of my garage so I cannot get in and out of my apartment.

Some background: I live in downtown Springfield. Every Wednesday morning from the middle of May to October, they shut down a block or two of my street so local farmers can come bring their goodies to sell. It literally begins where the edge of my garage ends. This naturally causes problems. It still allows access for myself and other residents to go in and out, until someone decides "hmm, I'd like to unload my green beans and carrots right here," and parks their huge truck in front of the garage driveway, which happens frequently.

This morning, I was coming back from the gym around 7 a.m., so I was naturally not in the best of moods for multiple reasons, only to find as I turn around the corner that there's a large, moving sized white truck parked right in front of my garage entrance. I parked my car, asked around, found the guys responsible for the truck, and kindly asked them to move it because I needed to get into my place of residence. They were setting up their tent, and I got a pretty curt and unappreciated response from them. "Yeah, it'll be a few minutes." Umm, no buddy, now. I need to get inside, take a shower, and get ready to go to work. This is where I live. I mean, I didn't say that, but I was sure thinking it. And what added to my annoyance with this guy was that they didn't look like farmers... uh, at all. If they're all still there when I go home for lunch (and there better not be a truck blocking my garage), I'm gonna have to go walk past their booth and see exactly what they produce.

Whoever organizes/authorizes/oversees (or all of the above) this weekly event needs to better clarify and point out that my garage should not be blocked at ANY time. Seriously.

These farmers have beautiful stuff. When I was walking around to find the oh so lovely owners of the truck, I noticed very vibrant and pretty flowers, really fresh looking produce, and just all around good stuff. I will most certainly go buy some products. But please, don't inconvenience the people that live around there. Thank you.

On a happier note, did you watch American Idol last night?! Amazing. Love. Lee!

I feel bad for my Dad (because he and my Mom watch it too), and he came into town to have dinner with me because my Mom is in Maryland until the 29th, but he forgot to record it on the DVR. I hope he caught Lee's last performance though.

I voted ten times last night instead of the usual five like the past two weeks. I got my Mom to vote too, as she shares in the Lee love.

Go, Lee, go!