Patience is hard

So, the emails back and forth between myself and Eat With The Seasons folks have been pretty cool. They are on a break and things don't technically start up again until next week, so I'm pestering them with questions.

When can I order my box? Which sign up form do I need to fill out? When will it be available? When is the first actual drop-off date in February?

Well, even though I've been emailing with multiple staff, the answers are always really nice and thought out. It's an actual person emailing me back, ya know? Well, I'm still a little argh-ed by the lack of stuff I can do yet. Maybe it'll all work out, but I get worried when I can't utilize the technology at hand (online sign-up form) to order my box of food!

My drop-off location is for Thursdays. On Mondays, I get a list of available foods on their website. I go to a specific Members Area and fill out the Thursday form. I can only do this online from Monday at noon until Tuesday at 5. Magically, my box of food appears at the drop-off location on Thursday and I have until some point on Thursday to pick it up. Generally, I should pick it up before 6 or 7pm. I'm sure they're OK with folks picking them up after work hours, since it is a Thursday!

So, I'm anxious. I have to wait until Monday. I hate waiting. I have no clue what foods will be available, but I imagine February will have some of the following foods available:

Fuji Apples -- Green Apples -- Red Beets -- Golden Beets -- Broccoli -- Cabbage -- Carrots -- Cilantro -- Collards -- Grapefruit -- Kale -- Kiwi -- Kohlrabi -- Leeks -- Lemons -- Lettuce -- Onions -- Oranges -- Parsley -- Parsnips -- Potatoes -- Radishes -- Rutabagas -- Shallots -- Winter Squash -- Tangerines -- Turnips

I know they might have some of these available because this is based on the harvest schedule they've put up on their website. I also know they have other products:

Eggs, Coffee, Tea, Nuts, Olive Oil, Pear and Apple Juices, Conserves, Dried Herbs, Local Honey, Grass Fed Beef, Granola and Granola Bars

All these things are extra, so I won't be buying them just yet. Although, getting new tea every now and then might be a nice bonus! I don't eat eggs, I don't drink coffee, I buy nuts and granola in bulk at either Berkeley Bowl, Whole Foods, or Trader Joe's. I don't eat much conserves or honey, and my beef intake is pretty low. Dried herbs might be nice, but I need a place to put the herbs in my kitchen first. I need a spice rack or basket to put that stuff in. (To-do list!)

In the meantime, the virtue of patience will have to just happen to me.