Drama, Drama

Keeping up with the boys is a full-time endeavor, not unlike being a parent, most specifically, a mother. 

No matter how many times you say it, it’ll have to be said again. “What we do, every single day, is hard.”  No matter how hard it looks on the surface, it is going to be harder. No matter if boys look at me and roll their eyes, it will come. The day, they don’t want to, get up, go out, and do the same things every single day, no matter if it is 60 below, raining cats and dogs, blowing that wind straight off one of the largest pieces of ice in the world sitting 5 miles away or sweltering hot with the mosquitos fighting over the last drops of blood left in your body... the same thing has to be done. Whether it’s cutting firewood, hauling water, feeding dogs, tracking horses, it all has to be done, you have to do it. What’s more, is that strength, the strength it takes to do the job, needs to be more when you do it everyday.

 Accidents happen, slivers, cuts, bonks (that’s a technical term) or bruises. You are going to go flying off snow machines, get hit by branches, smacked in the face when it is freezing (and we ALL know that hurts), kicked by horses, bonked with falling trees (THAT should only happen once! -Pay Attention!), bludgeoned by falling rocks that clients and newbie-trainees let loose decending off a mountain, saddle sore, muscle strains and experience long, never ending periods of exhaustion. The strength comes in right there. Making sure you stay strong, eat well, sleep well, are all part of staying strong. The reason is, you get to do it all again tomorrow. The reason is people are depending on you, to keep them safe and taken care of. The animals are depending on you, to keep them safe and take care of them. Another point to understand is that it is also your inner strength. The strength of your mind. If your mind grows weak, your body will follow. 

Control, thought process, observational skills, initiative and personality is what I am watching and taking note of while the settling-in period is going on. Watching the interactions of the Boys amongst themselves and with the family, and as the different groups of guests and clients arrive, throwing them into the mix. My thoughts behind it are, “What are you made of? Are you strong enough? Are you capable of making the choices (once you learn them, can you make them?)? Will you be able to handle, enjoy and be enjoyed by clients and guests? Hmmm.”