Day 3

It no longer needs to be said that this is a GREAT year for Village. Today was super hot, and super humid! Good thing we drank a ton of water. Songs this morning included the Coffee Song (we were all more or less asleep at 9), Eddie Kuchakachakama, and several new songs! We taught our new Homesteaders the Jeep Song, The B Song, and the similarly named Bumblebee Song. The energy in our singing circle is exponentially increasing every day, I think.

This morning we decided to jump right into a somewhat impromptu town meeting to discuss some very important matters:
- Drawing house plans: We are all officially rapidly moving towards designing our homes, which for our returning campers, is amazing.
- Currency: We really were supposed to do this yesterday, but our Peep introductions were just too much fun to dampen it with money talk. Suggestions thrown up (BLEH) for the name of our currency included Leaflets, Stuff/Other Stuff, Acorns, Squirrels/Slugs, Peeplets, Loney. The winner was:

Leaflets

Next, we gathered into small groups and discussed progress. Again, one particular group is clearly doing excellent, but from the looks of it everyone is doing an excellent job getting things done efficiently. Work Block 1 consisted of finishing fences and beginning house plans. It is so exciting, and a little bit scary, how quickly we got to this point.

We washed our mitts, inhaled our snacks, and took off for the pond. What a great day for a cool swim, we would have had some angry gremlins if we didn't get down there soon today. Lunch today included some announcements on the topic of job applications being closed, as well as an impending check-writing class.

Check-Writing Class: Returning Homesteaders dusted off their check writing skills, and new arrivals learned the ins and outs of the process, as well as how to keep a check register. 

Work Block 2 consisted of even more house work as well as some relaxing and watching spiders apparently float in mid-air (amazing). Many many many Peeps interviewed for the coveted jobs of Radio Station Manager, Trading Poster Manager, and Banker. Some excellent answers to some of our interview questions included:

A unicorn is crossing the road, atop this unicorn is a grizzly bear, what do you do?

Throw a fish for the bear and ride the unicorn.

Would you fight a bear for this job?

Absolutely.

An employee of yours is late to work, or does not show up at all. What do you do?

I would cover the position until I found an employee available to cover. We would keep a schedule of available employees so we would always know who can cover a shift.

I had to put at least one real question on there. This was so difficult to choose. After careful consideration, and dealing with the undeniable fact that every single applicant did great in the interviews, the new hires for several jobs are:

Trading Post Manager: Will G
Banker: Jack G

Radio Station Manager: Lula

Moderator: UNFILLED!

Secretary: UNFILLED!

Newspaper Editor: UNFILLED! HOW?!

Town Clerk: UNFILLED!

Those who did not get a job should definitely consider starting their own company. You have got, what Jacques would describe as that certain special je ne sais quoi.

CTF!

Corvee has been going better and better every day. It is great to see the teamwork and non-complaints! Today we finally played our inaugural game of Capture the Flag. This doesn't need a description, it is simply the most fun thing ever.

Plus

Moving so fast!

Moderator position not filled.

Clouds came!

Jobs are still available

CTF!

Building houses!

Wish

More thundah!

Keep the progress going

Rain

More Rain

No Rain

Dry Peeps in the morning

More circle respect!

Unofficial Village mascot: Emmett

Wear red, white, and blue tomorrow as we celebrate the Fourth of July with our first Campfire Show of the year with pizza fresh out of the cob oven!