introspective periscope : peeking inside since Y2K

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the camp plan

nothing much - seventeenth of september, 2002

i haven't really had too much to say, i guess. the cat moved her kittens here on sunday. there are seven of them...she had them a week ago on sunday. they are so small that their eyes aren't open yet and they mew when toy is away from the box we set up for them. they are nice to come home to, but i am trying very hard not to get too attatched because i don't want to keep them. i do want to keep toy but i can't even begin to think about kittens. liking one cat is enough reckoning for me, for now. still, they are really friggen' cute.

otherwise, its been a quiet week with very few ripples and vitually no waves. its just been a lot of work and it feels like i've been paddling upstream a lot at work...i think i'm getting burned out on it.

and that means its time for a break. and break we shall.

when i leave work on thursday, i will be able to breathe again. it'll be early rising on friday morning and much getting ready, but this trip is just the thing i need.

with equinox coming up and a full moon to boot, i can't think of anything more relaxing than a two night canoe-camping trip in the allegheny national forest. we're only covering about twenty five miles or so in about two days but it'll be a great sense of peace and accomplishment when its done, i think. i've never taken on anything of this stature without my family and it will be interesting to see how we six shall fair...knowing that no matter what, i will be with others that i truly care about and with whom there is always an enjoyable time to be had.

i look forward to the peace and smell of the woods in early autumn. i look forward to the lapping of river waves at my side, to paddling downstream, to making camp and sleeping on the soft island shores. i look forward to cooking in a rustic manner and making fire and smelling very much of campfire in my hair and my skin and my clothes.

and most of all, i look forward to the companionship, the memories to keep, and the bonding that can only happen when making camp together.

and everything else will be left behind. and i mean everything.

(because for someone who doesn't like me, you sure do check up a lot, don't you?)

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