Hi Everyone

Hi Friends and Family,


I have not written in a while, I think it is because I forgot about this blog. I really want to get in the habit of writing more. I do love to write. It has been a very strange 2 years for me. I am blessed and I thank God that I am healthy. I have yet to really recover from leaving the Boy Scouts as a career.


I found a job running a camp down in Weed, New Mexico. I was hired as the Camp Director and it was by far the worst experience in my life. I met one friend named Derlene who I believe will be my friend for life. I always loved running camp but for me, my experience when I ran the camp was that I lived in Albuquerque and would move to the camp late May to mid August then I went on vacation and came back to the city and worked my job as well as run the camp from the comfort of my office in the CITY. Camp of the Tall Pines is an awesome camp and the new Director there Derlene will give you a great experience. The owner Ruble is an Eagle Scout and has purchased the camp to give back to youth. Although he lives in Texas, he wants the camp to be used for healing and helping. I encourage you to check it out. As for me.. I did not like living there. My house was a quarter size of what I am use to. It started snowing November 30th and continued through Mid March when I finally begged Derlene to help me move out. Maybe one day I can help out there as a summer staff member.. Who knows... www.camptallpine.com


So thankfully when I took the job running the camp, I did not quit school. I made the four hour commute back to Albuquerque to continue working on my Masters Degree in Education. I had considered quitting school as one of the things in my life was that I loved running camp. I will complete school this November. I have not really worked since I left the camp in mid march and have lived off savings which is all gone now. Times are hard but I was hired as a teacher for 2010/2011. I love teaching kids! Yesterday I was teaching 2nd graders math and made them a sundae coloring page. They had to get each level of this ice cream sundae right then they would get a color to add to their ice cream and we all colored in the ice cream with markers. I decided that I wanted to color in my own sundae page as well and this little girl named "Mary" came up to me in a serious voice and look on her face and said "Mr. Meyer, you are the best colorer I know".. I said "thanks" and she walked away. My passion is kids, it is my heartfelt deep inner desire to make kids lives better. Am I perfect? NO, not by a long shot. I have my faults but becoming a teacher has been one of my lifelong dreams along with running a camp and working for the Boy Scouts... so this is the last one... so I must make it work.
On the top of this page, you will see a picture of my cat Moo. I got Moo in 1993 when I first moved to back Albuquerque. My friend Drew had a cat who had kittens and Moo was originally called "Mook" by Drew. When I went to see the kittens, Moo was the last to come to me and when he tried, he has a limp. I picked him up and he could fit in one hand. I fell in love with Moo the second I held him. Moo has been through a lot with me, he has lived in a dozen homes, lived in my car when I was homeless for a few nights, lived in my scout shed for a few nights, lived in a tent at Scout Camp, lived in Durango Colorado, lived in Alamogordo, lived in Weed New Mexico (which he hated). In his 4th year of life, Moo got very sick with a UTI and almost died. I have a friend who is a vet and he took Moo in, they had emergency surgery and Moo was in the hospital for 2 weeks. Moo has survived living in a dark room with 5 kids, and 3 dogs... boy that was a tough stint... (JK DUNOWS) I love this cat- he has some weird traits for example: Moo will not drink water unless he has one paw in the water. He likes to sing with me, he likes his own space with the door closed but will bang on it when he wants out. He loves water out of the faucet as long as it is at a certain speed. He does NOT like it slow and he does not like it FAST. If you hurt him, he will get you back with his claws but not right away.. he will wait for the right time, swat you and run away. He is my boy and he knows it. He loves me and I love him. As he gets older... I get scared to think he may die.. This will be hard on me because he has been my closet companion through so many things in my life. I hope and pray he is healthy for many more years.
I guess this is enough to write for now. I love you all and wish you all a happy and healthy life.

Love,

Andy

Multiple Intelligences -- Assessment

Multiple Intelligences -- Assessment

Am I a real Meyer?

I was born ????? on November 25. I was adopted shortly after I was born. I never experienced my birth family. Over the years, many people have asked me if I have ever met my real mom and dad. They have told me "that is sad" that I never met my real parents. I just want to say for the record my real parents are Robert and Carol MEYER. People who say the word “real” to me REALLY offend me. I know people do not mean anything negative by it however I am a MEYER, I have always been a Meyer and I do not consider my parents anything other then my REAL PARENTS. I have known from day 1 one that I was adopted. My parents always felt that I needed to know and understand and that I was picked as opposed to being stuck with me. I love my parents very much. Enough said about that..

So anyway... I have two sisters and one brother, yes they my REAL sisters and brother. In all the years we grew up together, and all the fights we had, they never told me I was not there REAL brother. I am seeing the word “real” a lot today.... Hmmmmm....

I have/had extended relatives that I grew up with. The closet relatives were my Uncle Doug and my three cousins- Jenny, Carolyn and Chrissy. My Uncle passed away many years ago from pancreatic cancer. As a child growing up, he was the coolest guy that I knew. He used to call me "Spike." I really do not know why he called me that but I liked it. I really felt that he always believed in me. He always told me I could do school and get through it as long as I try. I did try very hard as much as I was capable of. I remember when he came to the house, I would try to tackle him and we would wrestle around the yard or house. He was so much fun. Now that I am older, I admire him. He raised 3 girls on his own.

I have fond memories of my cousins. Jenny is the oldest of all the kids. She was always the mature one of the group. I remember she memorized a commercial for some type of hand lotion and use to pretend that she was putting it on me. She now lives in Florida and I really miss her.

Carolyn was next and we have a lot in common. We use to play football, kickball and baseball growing up. She was very close to my brother but I remember when she and I use to talk about so many things. She now lives in Colorado, I see her often enough but wish she was near me.

Chrissy is the last of my cousins that I grew up with. I have so many fond memories of her. We were the closest in age. For some reason, we loved the song "Eye of the Tiger" and I remember her playing songs in her bedroom listening to music. She is also now in Florida and I greatly miss her and her family.

I remember that we would all get together for holidays and would eat, laugh and talk. My mom is a great cook and always made good meals. I remember the smell of turkey, stuffing, and pies. I remember us sitting at the big table just talking and having lively family debates. I also remember whenever my uncle would leave, he would tell his girls to "saddle up." I loved the holidays!!

I had many more cousins and I think most of them live in New York. My whole family is from New York. I remember going back to New York in the summer time and I truly only remember my cousins Christine, Steven, Paul and Jimmy. I truly remember playing with Christine and Steve down at Greenwood lake. I loved my Nanny and Bobba (My grandparents) I do not have many memories of them but I do remember there home. It had a unique smell to it. I also remember my cousin Mike and Donna and their dog Cocoa. I always thought Mike was really cool. I have not seen him in 25 years but I really think the world of him.

The last person I would like to write on is my grandmother Helen Gallagher. She was the best grandma that anyone could have ever asked for. She watched us kids a lot while we were growing up and I remember one summer she was my summer tutor which I truly hated but once the lesson was over, we got to play. She lived in 4-hills mobile home park. They had a pool on singing arrow street that I loved to swim in. She also had neighbors- Mr and Mrs Fickle and they use to always give me candy. I also remember as I was getting older, I could tell my grandma anything and she never told a soul. She had a stroke in 2001 and we took care of her for about 8 months until she died in September 2001. I like to think she was in heaven and was there to welcome people who died after 9/11. I miss her very much to this day.... She is buried on Wyoming and Paseo Del Norte. I go there and just sit with her...sometimes I cry and miss my grandma...

So maybe this blog was a little long---- I don't know how long a blog should be.... As I am writing this... I just feel blessed that I am a MEYER and there is no other person that I want to be. I love my family very much and they are my REAL family.

Why am I here?

Hello family and friends,

I have always wanted to write a blog. I want to thank Troy and Emily Dunow for helping me set this up. I always believe that writing sometimes heals the soul and helps put things in perspective. I am not the best writer certainly not as strong as my friend and Author Angela Vigil. (Check out her new book)

I plan to write here often as I do have wonderful life. I want to write a story of my life. I have done so many great things that I want to share with you all about my life. I also have experienced my fair share of let downs and tragedy's in my life that I plan to write on, not so much for your benefit as for mine. I hope that by writing this and putting it away that maybe I can move on with my life.

This blog will have the good and bad of my life, I will share my frustration on a variety of topics here. Please read with an open heart.

I welcome your comments and feedback on anything I write.

I love you all!