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
