I'm BACK!

My week was wonderful. Rustic camping is great. Of course, I'm sure it helps when you have The Man there being incredible. How can one man make my heart go pitter patter just when I thought all that nonsense had settled down into a comfy shoe!

Pictures will follow sometime this week, but for now, here's a summary of our week!

I got to sit outside nudie-tudie!

I got my merit badges in:
Latrine hole digging (this wasn't easy and broke out into a sweat frequently)
Starting a fire with a flint stick and a pocket knife
Shooting a compound bow and actually hitting the target
Cooking over open fires
and... 2 badges in advanced bird watching/identifying!

I identified over 43 different kinds of birds. Those were only the ones I SAW. NOT including those night birds that forced me to yawn and run to the tent at night. (Didn't say I earned a badge in bravery or anything, so hush)

I learned that I'm NOT allergic to poison ivy, and am able to identify several plants and trees that I've never seen before.

I learned that I won't die if I walk a couple of miles per day.

I've learned that just when you think that you can't love someone anymore, that they say or do something that makes you do the cartoon swoon! I love you Man!

I also learned that critters only come near camp when they are USED to getting their food from people, and that deer get pissed when you are on their part of the grass that they want to bring their babies on. They also make a noise that will haunt me for a long time to come. *shudder*

I learned that my headache is stress or work, or something since I haven't had it in over a week *knocking on wood*

I learned that my house is the same even after a week, but that laundry, dishes and weeds double in a week on vacation!

I learned that The Punk, even though she's young, is an incredibly reliable, responsible, and wonderful young woman. NOT in spite of me, but BECAUSE of me and the fact that I believed in her all those times when I could have just given up! I love you Punk!

I learned that despite everything, I love my family and am very happy that they are finding joy in my daughter and granddaughter! I'm proud!

I learned that I am happy and satisfied!

Ahhhhhhhh