A Little Peace and Quiet

I have been out in the forest for the past 4 weeks now marking a rather large and cumbersome timber harvest.  I was somewhat complaining the other day to my wife about how lonely it can be out in the forest by yourself for long periods of time.  I even decided to bring along my PDA for the last stretch since it has Media Player and a large memory card.  That made it better.

To provide some contrast in my life, I finished the timber sale marking today and came home earlier than usual.  I was greeted by 3 screaming, running, eating children that slightly resembled monsters.  They continued to run and eat and scream for the next hour, until I was blissfully remembering the ling lonely hours in the forest where I had to listen to no one but whomever I slapped on to my storage card for the music that day.

Oh well, I guess that’s what you get for having a bunch of kids.  It is my wife that has to put up with them for the most part.  I usually get the evenings, after dinner when everyone is winding down for the day and just want to relax on the couch with a book or a TV show.