High There, Kait!

Hey, High, Hello! Welcome to High There, Bud, a series introducing the amazing buds that you’ve gotten to know and love here at Prairie and Luna. This week we’re chatting with Kait. Now, you’ll recognize this cutieface if you’re a longtime P+L customer-friend, but you may not if you’re newer to us. Kait is currently on mat leave with Baby A, who is the roundest, sweetest little monkey in town. Kait has been with us since our doors opened in Pembroke. She brings wisdom and patience to every conversation she has in-store (with customers and co-workers) and her curiosity and science-mindedness shine through in every interaction. Kait is detail-oriented and so genuine in her desire to help folks find the perfect cannabis product, and she is so generous with the knowledge she has gleaned through her own medical cannabis journey, as someone who reckons with chronic pain conditions. She also wields a power tool like a rockstar and knows math (an enormous asset lol). Without further ado, a chat with Kait…

1. Share a bit about your cannabis journey.

I am one of those stoners who didn't smoke regularly until legalization, actually! I was definitely hesitant to start as I had tried weed only a few times in high school and unfortunately had pretty bad experiences. My partner ended up convincing me to try as a pain management tool for my fibromyalgia and I absolutely loved it! Cannabis helped reduce my symptoms like nothing else and absolutely changed my life.

2. What is your role at P&L and what is one thing you love to chat about with customers?

I'm currently on maternity leave but I am a supervisor (with some special responsibilities in inventory) and a budtender above all! 

My favourite thing about budtending is helping newbies! I love talking to people who are starting out and getting them comfortable with consuming.

3. What’s your preferred way to consume cannabis? What’s your current go-to product and why?

I am a bong smoker through and through! Right now I have a low tolerance since having a baby and I've been using a bubbler, a little less intense but quite similar. I also like to dabble with a nice preroll every now and then, if I have the time and the weather is nice! 

The strains I'm smoking right now are low THC balanced with CBD, an excellent one being Mango Haze by Color Cannabis. With a terpene profile of B-caryophyllene, cymene, and B-pinene, it helps me feel relaxed but doesn't make me fall asleep. 

4. What is your favourite song right now?

I don't have a particular favourite song right now but I've definitely been feeling Lo-Fi and particularly enjoying Mateo’s adventure by Gregory David! It's just perfect background music to keep me chill while hanging out with the baby. 

5. What’s your favourite hobby/activity?

I am definitely an artsy stoner! I love to draw, usually with fine point markers and most often some kind of mandala design. My high brain definitely boosts my creativity and helps me stay in the zone. 

6. And of course, a little tribute to all the P&L furbabies!

I have a few fuzzy pals (two cats and a dog) but my cat, Jango, is absolutely a stoner! If he hears us taking out the bong and grinder he comes running to hang out on the back step in his camping chair while we smoke. He also loves snacks, especially chips, and snuggling up on the couch to watch TV!