It seems I have lived long enough to become a villain. We were shopping for supplies when a woman turned,
saw me, and then jumped back with a silent scream frozen to her face. I’m exaggerating, but only slightly; the
silent scream was more like an inaudible gasp.
I don’t blame her. The coat I was
wearing had holes burned by stray embers, tears from chainsaw and bramble, and
stains from the various projects I’ve done this year. Combined with my lingering walk and the hood
drawn over my head, I think I could pass as a secret character in an awesome
RPG on a good day and a murderous fiend on a bad. Today was the latter I suppose.
This is not to say that I had a bad day. Shortly after freaking the woman out a young
girl walked up to my intimidating person, smiled, and said hello. She was an adorable 4(ish) year old. You ever hear that dogs and children can tell
one’s true character? Well, I took
comfort in that as I’ve been in a funk lately.
Ask anyone living in the Doah, I sat on the couch for about 9 hours
drowning myself in the radiated light of my laptop. I think I’m just concerned as to whether or
not I’m conditioned enough to finish my term in AmeriCorps. The 2 to 4 days we get to recover depending
on the length of the project helps, but each week I go into the office a bit
sorer. Perhaps my dread of what each
week may bring intensifies the actual ordeal.
If so, I need to find a way to refocus on the present and dealing with
situations as they arise.
This week my team has been sent to Taum Sauk to help build fire
line. Oddly we are not allowed to fell
snags (dead trees)… That doesn’t make much sense as they pose the biggest risk
when fires do occur. We’ll do what we
can though! I’m not as big of a fan of
the cold as I used to be, which will make these next couple of days tough, but
with all the hiking we have in store I’m not so much worried about staying warm
as I am staying dry.
Oi, I’m out of
it. Going to call it a night all. Just want you all to know we made it to our
housing safely and we’re set to start doing good things tomorrow. Good night!
My photos.
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