Rock me mama like a wagon wheel, rock me mama any way you feel.
Well this fire ba-shiz-ness put a little damper on Week Three, what with the threat of it coming on Philmont and PTC turning into the wild world of refugees, but it still ended up under the classification of "swell."
I had one particularily interesting kiddo, whom I affectionately referred to as Boomhauer, because not only did he have a strong Southern accent, but also braces, and an aversion to opening his mouth when speaking....hence, it was practically a translation process to figure out what he was saying...and whatever it was he was saying, he said it a lot. He was especially cute when talking at a furious pace about a particular girl he had a crush on.....he'd go on and on about different plans he had for the two of them, and how purty she was. Oh he was just the cutest damn thing. My little Boomhauer.
I'm super psyched for next week because I get to do the Tooth of Time again, which I haven't done since staff week...and I get to do an overnight on Urraca Mesa, which I haven't hiked at all yet...and it's reputed to be haunted. So as you can imagine, I'm practically creaming my pants about that overnight. It'll also be sweet because I'm working with a male group leader, whom I barely know, and I haven't yet worked with male staff member during the week. I tend to get along much better with fellas in working relationships, so I'm looking forward to this. The past three weeks I've also been working with girls who are my friends already, and while that may have some perks, I'd rather get to know and work with new people during the week, and then hang out with my friends at night.
Yesterday Scott and I were in Taos for a short bit and I was able to have brief conversations with my little bro, my sister, David's answering machine, and Amanda (by a stroke of luck). Talking to Amanda, for even the brief amount of time that we had, made me realize how much I miss her companionship. I've made friends here at Philmont and they're fun to hang out with and pass the time, but as far as really "meshing" with me and being able to have conversations that don't ride the superficial line, that's still missing. The exception to this is of course Scott.....and probably his friends as well, but my interaction with them has so far been on a fairly limited basis. They seem to all be very cool and witty folks, which whom I could probably have rockin' friendships, however, if time allows.
Perhaps surprisingly this doesn't bum me out too much. My job and Philmont itself is fulfilling enough for me, and yet again, there's Scott, that the lack of Amanda-calibre friendships doesn't drag me down. I think the crux of the matter is that most of the people at PTC at younger than I, and less mature (not that I'm the most mature person on the planet by any means), so there's less of a connection between us. This fact makes me desire to work over at CHQ next year, ideally as a Ranger, if I can make it out here next summer. Not only would I get to get my hike on a much more frequent basis, but my time in base camp would be spent surrounded by folks who I seem to mesh with a bit better. But that's a long way off, so I best be sticking to what I know now....and as of right now, that's happily enough for me.
Over and out.
I had one particularily interesting kiddo, whom I affectionately referred to as Boomhauer, because not only did he have a strong Southern accent, but also braces, and an aversion to opening his mouth when speaking....hence, it was practically a translation process to figure out what he was saying...and whatever it was he was saying, he said it a lot. He was especially cute when talking at a furious pace about a particular girl he had a crush on.....he'd go on and on about different plans he had for the two of them, and how purty she was. Oh he was just the cutest damn thing. My little Boomhauer.
I'm super psyched for next week because I get to do the Tooth of Time again, which I haven't done since staff week...and I get to do an overnight on Urraca Mesa, which I haven't hiked at all yet...and it's reputed to be haunted. So as you can imagine, I'm practically creaming my pants about that overnight. It'll also be sweet because I'm working with a male group leader, whom I barely know, and I haven't yet worked with male staff member during the week. I tend to get along much better with fellas in working relationships, so I'm looking forward to this. The past three weeks I've also been working with girls who are my friends already, and while that may have some perks, I'd rather get to know and work with new people during the week, and then hang out with my friends at night.
Yesterday Scott and I were in Taos for a short bit and I was able to have brief conversations with my little bro, my sister, David's answering machine, and Amanda (by a stroke of luck). Talking to Amanda, for even the brief amount of time that we had, made me realize how much I miss her companionship. I've made friends here at Philmont and they're fun to hang out with and pass the time, but as far as really "meshing" with me and being able to have conversations that don't ride the superficial line, that's still missing. The exception to this is of course Scott.....and probably his friends as well, but my interaction with them has so far been on a fairly limited basis. They seem to all be very cool and witty folks, which whom I could probably have rockin' friendships, however, if time allows.
Perhaps surprisingly this doesn't bum me out too much. My job and Philmont itself is fulfilling enough for me, and yet again, there's Scott, that the lack of Amanda-calibre friendships doesn't drag me down. I think the crux of the matter is that most of the people at PTC at younger than I, and less mature (not that I'm the most mature person on the planet by any means), so there's less of a connection between us. This fact makes me desire to work over at CHQ next year, ideally as a Ranger, if I can make it out here next summer. Not only would I get to get my hike on a much more frequent basis, but my time in base camp would be spent surrounded by folks who I seem to mesh with a bit better. But that's a long way off, so I best be sticking to what I know now....and as of right now, that's happily enough for me.
Over and out.