Discovering Hope in Despair
Hi! I'm still alive. I hibernated. For an entire week. Thank you PMS. I didnt feel any guilt. I was too lazy to have feelings of guilt. And then I realized I needed to focus my attention on my house. Because believe it or not....I dont actually live in the woods. I actually live in …
Continue reading Little Steps: Day 50 – Tick you very much!?
Days 6 & 7: 1.75 miles / Total miles: 4.16 / Days left: 172 Camping is all about becoming one with nature. Relaxing. And meditating. And doing nothing. And blah blah blah, yadda, yadda, yadda. Except breathing fresh, pure, air. And surviving without luxuries. But on a scout campout? As a scout leader? There is …
Continue reading Little Steps: Days 6 & 7 – A Scout Leader Never Stops
Day 5: 0.0 miles / Total Miles: 2.41 / Days Left: 174 Eeeeeeeee. It is scout campout weelend! And not glamping like our family loves. I am talking, middle of nowhere, no cell reception, no electricity, very little running water, basic toilets. Adirondacks with bunks and no mattresses. Or a cold, wet, Oregon ground. We …
Continue reading Little Steps: Day 5 – The Smaller the Tent, the Bigger the Struggle?
Day 2: 1.32 Mi My kiddos woke up with a fever. Again. I think they learned how to warm themselves up under a light. Because their only symptom is a fever. So no school, or Taekwondo, again for them. Ugh. Fevers throw a wrench in to everything. Every. Thing. Your world literally comes to a …
Continue reading Little Steps: Day 2 – A Child’s Pace is a Good Pace
And I survived! This was my first official event as Akela. I wanted it to go as smoothly and as awesomely as possible. I have been running thru what I wanted to accomplish and how, for weeks. I ever thought and made myself sick with anxiety, more than once. First impressions have the biggest impact. …
September 2017, I signed up to be an assistant scout leader helper. Not the one in charge. Not the one making any plans. Not the one being responsible for anything other than making sure a group of 8 to 11 year olds are kinda sorta doing and learning what they are supposed to. Fast forward …
