Dove season 2008 opens in 1 week and I am going to be in the field, somewhere, with my berretta. After an incredible six week “surge,” working almost every free hour of the day on the house, we are almost done with the major renovations to the house. The kitchen, dining room, living room, three bedrooms, family room, den, utility room, walk-in closet, utility closet, attic, siding, gutters, fireplace, hallway, and utility closet are all but done. Other projects await (including the bathrooms), but they will take place within the context of a normal life.
I cannot deny it, I am exhausted, fatigued down into the depths of my bones. But I have made it, accomplished something I would not have believed I could have. My wife and I showed a will and determination that went far beyond what I thought we were capable of. Mistakes were made, fights were had, breakdowns occurred, but in the end we made it.
It is now time for a rebirth, a new way. I am not the same person I was 14 months ago. I am older, grizzled even. But I have a new confidence in my maturity, and a new peace born out of having done something, whether it was good or bad. While I think the work was a first-rate second-rate job, I am more impressed with the tenacity and determination we showed. That was the real accomplishment. But it is time to move on, and to reclaim my life. And the first reclamation project will be dove season 2008.
I cannot deny it, I am exhausted, fatigued down into the depths of my bones. But I have made it, accomplished something I would not have believed I could have. My wife and I showed a will and determination that went far beyond what I thought we were capable of. Mistakes were made, fights were had, breakdowns occurred, but in the end we made it.
It is now time for a rebirth, a new way. I am not the same person I was 14 months ago. I am older, grizzled even. But I have a new confidence in my maturity, and a new peace born out of having done something, whether it was good or bad. While I think the work was a first-rate second-rate job, I am more impressed with the tenacity and determination we showed. That was the real accomplishment. But it is time to move on, and to reclaim my life. And the first reclamation project will be dove season 2008.
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