I am now a full time working woman. That sounds really weird to say. I am working at the camp I worked at this summer. A position opened up so I am now maintenance assistant. Its hard work but I have learned a lot so far. I have learned to drive stick (with steering on the right side), to split wood, tricks to painting, and a bunch of other stuff with working with tools and fixing things around camp. I am also learning that there is always something to do and always something to fix. It can be quite tiring every day. And although it's not what I want to do and it can be hard at times, I am learning a lot and I will be able to say one day, "I worked as a maintenance assistant at a camp. I didn't like it but I stuck with it and learned a lot." So I am reminding myself of that.
Other things that make it hard is the fact I am just on camp all the time. I am far from my friends and don't get to see them much. And me as an extrovert working a lot by myself is tough. I was talking to my dad on the phone last week and he was telling me a story about when I was little.
"You used to be so shy and get anxious whenever you were without us. And now you are out in Colorado shooting guns and on your own. " It made me smile when he started to laugh to himself and I could just feel how proud he is of me...coming out here and working hard even though it's not what I want to do. But knowing my dad is proud of me makes it a bit easier.
Another reason my dad is great...I was skyping my family today (which was so great to see them!) and my mom and sister are talking to me and my dad is in the background dancing and making weird faces at me. No matter the situation he can always make me laugh and I hope I can continue to work hard and make him proud of me.
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