Farmers Market! Hours 3&4

On Tuesday I headed town to the Farmers Market at Bogart Park. The process getting there was an adventure in itself. I realized I had never actually DRIVEN to Bogart before haha. I kept thinking in my head. "That moment when you can't find the Farmers Market because you've only run or biked there..." Perfect Facebook status, right?
Side note: Isn't it weird that this is how we think now? We don't take pictures just to take, we take them to post. We don't ask our friends about the new guy we just met, we stalk them on facebook. And we don't just blurt out witty sentences, we post them to see how many people "like" it. God we're weird. What would our grandparents think?
Anywayyy! I FINALLY made it right at 5:30 and donned my best smile and headed towards the delicious smells and wonderful music.
At first it was awkward. Unlike Safeway, I just had a clipboard and was expected to roam around, approaching anybody and everybody. I found I felt I was being intrusive on peoples evenings and not allowing them to just enjoy themselves. After making a couple laps around the pavillion I decided to post up near the entrance so I didn't feel as if I were disrupting shoppers.
It was interesting working there rather than out in front of the doors of Safeway. The energy for one is very different and the audience, well it's a bit selective at the Farmers Market; lets be honest. But it is also an audience that politicians are really wanting to hear from. My generation of audience in particular.
The highlight of my night no doubt was registering a convicted felon. In Montana, if you are not in prison and no longer serving your sentence in any way, you still have a right to vote. I honest to god almost started crying when we had completed the process. I made sure he was signed up for the monthly "in the know" newsletter and told him of a few other ways to get voter information. He was completely honest about not knowing a thing of what was going on, but I promised with our help he would be more informed than the majority of people. He was thrilled!
It gives me flutterbees just thinking about the feeling of elation I had while talking to him. There's something about giving an individual back a basic right that really makes you appreciate what you have and appreciate your own personal rights. I can't imagine living in a country where voter oppression is still happening. Especially women voter oppression. Or just the oppression of women. Wow. We have it pretty dang good here!
The beginning of the night started off slow but I managed to rake in 11 applications by the end. I assume I could've gotten a few more but I only had 11 blank ones on me! So either way, the night was absolutely a success.
My next shifts are this weekend, Saturday from 4-6 and Sunday 11-1 at Safeway!