Monday's Caching Update
I did 2 caches today I completed "The Bob". (943) I needed some help. Then On the way home from work I stopped by to do that stupid ass cache at the QT - Big Tree at the QT. (944) I needed to talk to the owner about this cache for help.
What I have noticed is It seems I have needed a lot of help lately. I don't seem to be able to find too much on my own anymore. I have no patience for the micros and puzzles. I don't seem to read the pages thoroughly and I tend to miss an important part of the instructions. Then I end up God knows where calling for help. The kicker is I am usually right on the cache, I've touched it or I just didn't look well enough. I feel a little inferior. Like an unlicensed contractor. I seem to be caching half assed willy nilly and unprepared. I also tend to give up quite quickly which is not like me.
When did this all start? I think it started when I put my head down and set a goal to hit 1000 ASAP. I need to slow down. Not bite off too much. Hey if I print off 10 caches and only get 1 that is ok. It's not very productive, but it's ok. I'm tired of being sloppy. And it's not fair to the cachers who have worked their asses off to find the cache, for me to give it a few minutes and then cry uncle. 1000 doesn't mean that much to me if I don't earn it. I'm going to try harder to do caches on my own. I know I will have to give in to the phone-a-friend feature, but I am going to try and not use it so much. So when I call my Geo-Friends it will be to say "How's Your Mom-en-nem?" Not "Where is this Mother Scratcher!!?"
Maybe I won't feel so inferior about my caching skills. Hey, I can find a box in the woods, It's those damn micros that give me fits. I'll take all day to climb a big honking mountain, uphill, both ways, through waist high poison Ivy with hardly any water to find a box where a lot of cachers won't. But micros in urban areas freak me out. I have the hardest time with those. But I want to be a cacher with well rounded skills and be able to do them all (except puzzles). So I am going to have more patience at the micros, try a little harder and not be so quick to "make a call".
What I have noticed is It seems I have needed a lot of help lately. I don't seem to be able to find too much on my own anymore. I have no patience for the micros and puzzles. I don't seem to read the pages thoroughly and I tend to miss an important part of the instructions. Then I end up God knows where calling for help. The kicker is I am usually right on the cache, I've touched it or I just didn't look well enough. I feel a little inferior. Like an unlicensed contractor. I seem to be caching half assed willy nilly and unprepared. I also tend to give up quite quickly which is not like me.
When did this all start? I think it started when I put my head down and set a goal to hit 1000 ASAP. I need to slow down. Not bite off too much. Hey if I print off 10 caches and only get 1 that is ok. It's not very productive, but it's ok. I'm tired of being sloppy. And it's not fair to the cachers who have worked their asses off to find the cache, for me to give it a few minutes and then cry uncle. 1000 doesn't mean that much to me if I don't earn it. I'm going to try harder to do caches on my own. I know I will have to give in to the phone-a-friend feature, but I am going to try and not use it so much. So when I call my Geo-Friends it will be to say "How's Your Mom-en-nem?" Not "Where is this Mother Scratcher!!?"
Maybe I won't feel so inferior about my caching skills. Hey, I can find a box in the woods, It's those damn micros that give me fits. I'll take all day to climb a big honking mountain, uphill, both ways, through waist high poison Ivy with hardly any water to find a box where a lot of cachers won't. But micros in urban areas freak me out. I have the hardest time with those. But I want to be a cacher with well rounded skills and be able to do them all (except puzzles). So I am going to have more patience at the micros, try a little harder and not be so quick to "make a call".