" your farm is running low on profit, your credit card has not been payed and if your bill is not payed until then you will be evicted from your home." He explained " your bill runs to about €1000 so until you pay off the dept I expect you all to try and earn some coin. You have a 2 weeks." I was shocked. My mind raced a million times. How could this be? We've been making loads for a while now........
Anyway I need to make some money, it's not like my just my mother and father are going to make €1000 in a week without loosing what we have? As everyone left the kitchen I sat down, it took me a minute to understand my situation but we'll figure something out, I hope.
I opened my bag of blackberries and started munching on them, they were plump and sweet as they melted in my mouth. I stood up and headed to the drawer underneath the kitchen and grabbed a black marker, I marked one as my mothers and the other as mine. I hope she appreciates them because I did put loads of effort into finding them and I also got stung by a nettle collecting them too.
As the day went by everyone fell quiet, my mother was on the phone working out the sales and my father was out herding the sheep into the next field. My grandmother was out with my grandfather to recycle the bottles and my brother was still at soccer. I found it strange how long his finals went for and sadly how we couldn't be there. Honestly though I reckon that he didn't want us there anyway, James was always a bit antisocial and really liked doing things by himself.
As I got ready
for bed I put on my pyjamas, brushed my teeth,hung up my clothes and slid into my nice cozy bed. I tossed and turned at the thought of loosing our home and our land. I couldn't sleep but I was exhausted. I eventually fell asleep. My eyes shut and I snuggled up to my blanket. The heater temperature was perfect and so, I fell asleep without haste but without difficulty either. I forgot my troubles for a moment, my pillow so soft and sheets so comfortable.Even if something was wrong I still get 2 weeks to figure something out, maybe I'll have to do it myself, maybe not today or tomorrow but I was certain we'd be okay for now.
I woke up early, I didn't know why, I checked the time on my phone and slowly lifted myself out of bed. I leapt onto the ground, I was fired up, I felt alive and so energised. I wanted to do something productive so I grabbed my laundry basket and went to the laundry room. I soaked my whites and quick dried the rest. I made myself a quick ( and messy) scrambled eggs with toast with a slice of tart for afterwards. I stripped my bed and thew the sheets in the washing machine. I moped the floors, organised the pantry and even installed a new lightbulb in my room! When I was done I didn't feel worn down at all, just activeness, I was a big ball of crazy. I sat down and looked out the window. I could see the hills and the fresh morning sky and how it dazzled on the fresh morning dew. I just had to paint it. I grabbed my paints and a spare small canvas from James' art chest ( my ones are all gone because James wanted a mini golf course and his were "too good!") I set up a small table outside and began painting. I used thin strokes for the grass and a nice brown for the bottom of the hill and purple for the top. I love painting, I love how the brush flows so easily. And this morning was creativity at its finest. The sky was a beautiful arrange of colours with pink,red and blue. The birds were a beautiful silky black and the leaves on the trees were so wavy and elegant, with the morning dew reflecting the sun. Today was calm, peaceful and sunny. I enjoyed it a lot. But sadly I knew I'd have to do something about our money situation.
