Last night our ward was invited to another ward for their activity night. This ward has decided to invite one ward from the stake every month to join them. Another ploy for meeting new people and such, which I think would be pretty fun depending on the activity at hand. Ours last night was not the case. I don't mind them wanting us to get to know other people and such, but some of the games that they have us play are just ridiculous and put everyone in really awkward situations. When I got there they were playing a game that looked pretty fun, but since I was late I just got to watch, but they were all intertwined and had to get all out of the group into one big circle. Looked like fun, and turned out to be the least awkward game of the night. They next had us get in lines, boys and girls and gave each of us a number. We were then supposed to get in groups of our numbers and prepare for the fate of which ever weird game was heading our way. I don't know if there is a name for the game, I'm sure there is but basically we got in boy girl fashion, each took a tooth pick and were given a lifesaver. The rules of the game are as follows get the live saver from first to last and then back without touching it or letting it hit the ground. Basically we had to get as close as humanly possible to people we didn't really know at all and pass along this candy. My team won, but it was still pretty weird. We then played kissing rugby. Basically the guys are given a letter, the girls a number and someone starts in the middle, boy or girl. A number is called and a letter and if the person in the middle is a girl, the guy has to get to her and give her a kiss while the other girl tries to stop him. Likewise it's the other way for the girls.
They then took us into a room where we were to line up on tables girls on one side and boys the other. The basic rules of speed dating are this. Each guy is given an amount of time to talk to each girl in the room. Basically it's a really fast version of a first date.....in my opinion it's a pretty stupid way to get to know a person. So much info is thrown at you from so many different people at one time that it has to be hard to remember it all if any of it. So basically we just go through the motions. There were a couple girls that were pretty fun to talk to, but most of them just kinda sat there like ok go ahead....This is what I don't get, can't they come up with any other games that don't include us doing exactly what we do every Sunday? Just sit and talk. It's funny because our ward is so close. We love being together and doing whatever. Yes we have our clicks, but everyone is pretty chill with each other. We have all noticed that in so many other wards this is just not the case. Not always that they dislike each other or anything like that, but it's very rarely that they embrace other wards. Ex. When this whole putting together of YSA wards into stakes was put into play by the church they hoped that people would be able to meet get married and so on, because everything they did was meant to put us together lots more. Our ward was moved out of the building we were in because it was also a family ward building and moved down to a building where there is now 3 wards. One for the handicapped then 2 singles wards. We initially were put together and had church at the same time. The switch was that one ward went to sacrament first and the other ward started with classes first. We had a munch and mingle I think twice a month. This was all done to see if this would work. Not only did it not work, but we were asked by the other wards bishop to switch our time because they didn't like dealing with us. I just laughed at this. It was pretty dang obvious that their plan wasn't going to work though. Each ward was set in their ways and friends and hardly if ever talked to one another. Munch and Mingle was supposed to make us mingle and talk with one another, but each ward sat on one side of the church and never talked to the other. It's great that they want us to meet one another and all, but I think some of the ideas lack luster....basically forcing a bunch of teens to do things they really don't want to do never really works. It usually gets the exact opposite reaction. Which is what I have noticed a lot of in the last few months. I hope the dating world around here starts to change soon though. Either that or I need to find the club that is out there of people that actually want to get married. Instead of just hanging out, or dating everyone and their dogs till they get bored....Not my lifestyle anymore...But it's getting harder and harder to find a way out. Thus we will continue to do participate in the awkward speed dating games and forced love days...
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Monday, February 6, 2012
Crazy Weekned!
Wow what a weekend. From the Superbowl which do to the team that lost I won't be speaking much about the game...I love the Patriots, they are my team always will be. They just didn't make the plays they needed to. The Giants got a lucky break yet AGAIN and had a few more plays then the Pats. It just surprises me how many fair weather fans that they have. I will never stray the course lol. Can't wait to see them come back next year with hopefully a better defense then this season.
Enough on that now. Friday was a pretty sweet day, work went on for what seemed like forever. We had a pretty cool ward activity coming on that night though. We were doing our annual Hockey game. The guys and I all piled in my car and we headed up to the game, what a game it was! Honestly hockey bores me to death to watch. Especially if there is no fights or anything like that. It's just back and forth with a little puck. I do enjoy playing though. Yes I know that doesn't make any sense. Everyone in the ward had a whole section of the stands to ourselves and we kinda all spread out. The usual group of us were together and we got all riled up, shouting and screaming FIGHT FIGHT...The mascot from the U was there and we taunted him like no other. He was making his rounds and got in front of us and tried to get us to cheer for him but I got a BYU chant going. It was pretty dang funny. The bird didn't look pleased at all. He walked off and we got back to the game. Well the bird came back like ten minutes later with a couple cans of silly string and dowsed our hole group. We all took off after him and he ran off. Good times. The game finished finally, we lost. The cool thing though was that we got to go play broom hockey on the ice after. It was pretty sweet! I've only played on the ice a few times without skates and it was pretty crazy. Our team won and it was fun. We all left and I went to bed around 2 after I cooled down a bit. Saturday morning I woke up pretty stoked cause I had a date with someone that I have been pretty interested in. This was gonna be our first date and she was planning it all cause she lives up in Salt Lake and I don't know the area to well. Well I got up on that morning ate, took care of the animals and took a shower, got out of the shower and had a text from said date. She had to cancel because she had "Work" Asked if she could do a rain check which I was fine with until I asked if this weekend would of been better for her. No response. I have learned from previous time being rejected that not hearing back after something like that usually means that she wasn't interested in the first place, but was just being nice..I thought I was done dealing with high school girls. Guess not.
So my whole day was kind of shot, because I had planned things around driving up there and spending the evening with her. Now I had nothing to do and was kinda feeling down on myself. I had to get some pants fixed and drove up to my grandparents to see if my gma could get them fixed for me. She of course did because she is awesome. We got talking, the main topic of course was how I need to get married soon lol. They were going to dinner with my parents so I decided to tag along. It was pretty fun. I saw my old partner from Christmas Carol there and we talked for a bit. After dinner I headed over to the Scera and got my ticket for A Night Of Broadway. I have a few friends that are in the show and a couple of them I haven't seen in a pretty long time. So I figured I might as well go. Besides what else was I gonna do that night? Also I always run into a few friends when I go see a show. It was a pretty amazing show. I have always wanted to try out for the show, but never did, but next year might be the first time that I do. I hooked up with some of the friends in the show after and it was great seeing them again. They did an amazing job! Also got to see Amy Lyn W. I have admired her videos ever since I first saw them and was so stoked to see her perform that night. Man she did not dissapoint one bit, she was phenomenal! She seems like a pretty incredible person. I just went home after the show and kinda chilled for a bit before bed. It was a pretty fun day, but I would of enjoyed spending it with my date for the night. Who I still haven't heard anything back from. Pretty sure that is done with.
Sunday came along and I was super nervous about my new calling. A calling from the stake is always something freaky to me. I got my first one before my mission. They asked me to be the single adult rep for my stake. No clue why. I was 19 about ready to leave on a mission and I was put in charge of keeping track of a ward of people that I never had even been to. About a 3 years after I got home I got my next one. DON"T ever answer your phone at 6 in the morning on a Sunday! Not a good idea lol I answered the phone and it was my stake president. He wanted me to come in at 6 I convinced him to let me wait till 7. What I didn't tell him is that I was up till 5 that morning with a girl I just started dating that night. I was called to be in the elders quorum presidency. Was there for 3 years...super tough but very fun calling. I learned a lot. So I was a little worried about this next one. I got to the church and we went into a room to talk. They called me to be an assistant ward clerk. My new job is basically to take care of anything that has to do with members. So that should be fun. Probably will learn a ton there as well. Church was fun, then headed to the Superbowl party. Party was fun, Superbowl made me sad...
All in all besides getting stood up on my date the weekend was pretty fun. I'm used to doing things by myself. I'll admit that it does take a few months to get used to again after going through a break up, but I am used to it. I really do with that I didn't have to be though. I really would enjoy someones company. Especially around this time of year. I feel pretty lonely during the month of February. I kinda go into my cave during this time of year, but that's for another day to talk about.
Enough on that now. Friday was a pretty sweet day, work went on for what seemed like forever. We had a pretty cool ward activity coming on that night though. We were doing our annual Hockey game. The guys and I all piled in my car and we headed up to the game, what a game it was! Honestly hockey bores me to death to watch. Especially if there is no fights or anything like that. It's just back and forth with a little puck. I do enjoy playing though. Yes I know that doesn't make any sense. Everyone in the ward had a whole section of the stands to ourselves and we kinda all spread out. The usual group of us were together and we got all riled up, shouting and screaming FIGHT FIGHT...The mascot from the U was there and we taunted him like no other. He was making his rounds and got in front of us and tried to get us to cheer for him but I got a BYU chant going. It was pretty dang funny. The bird didn't look pleased at all. He walked off and we got back to the game. Well the bird came back like ten minutes later with a couple cans of silly string and dowsed our hole group. We all took off after him and he ran off. Good times. The game finished finally, we lost. The cool thing though was that we got to go play broom hockey on the ice after. It was pretty sweet! I've only played on the ice a few times without skates and it was pretty crazy. Our team won and it was fun. We all left and I went to bed around 2 after I cooled down a bit. Saturday morning I woke up pretty stoked cause I had a date with someone that I have been pretty interested in. This was gonna be our first date and she was planning it all cause she lives up in Salt Lake and I don't know the area to well. Well I got up on that morning ate, took care of the animals and took a shower, got out of the shower and had a text from said date. She had to cancel because she had "Work" Asked if she could do a rain check which I was fine with until I asked if this weekend would of been better for her. No response. I have learned from previous time being rejected that not hearing back after something like that usually means that she wasn't interested in the first place, but was just being nice..I thought I was done dealing with high school girls. Guess not.
So my whole day was kind of shot, because I had planned things around driving up there and spending the evening with her. Now I had nothing to do and was kinda feeling down on myself. I had to get some pants fixed and drove up to my grandparents to see if my gma could get them fixed for me. She of course did because she is awesome. We got talking, the main topic of course was how I need to get married soon lol. They were going to dinner with my parents so I decided to tag along. It was pretty fun. I saw my old partner from Christmas Carol there and we talked for a bit. After dinner I headed over to the Scera and got my ticket for A Night Of Broadway. I have a few friends that are in the show and a couple of them I haven't seen in a pretty long time. So I figured I might as well go. Besides what else was I gonna do that night? Also I always run into a few friends when I go see a show. It was a pretty amazing show. I have always wanted to try out for the show, but never did, but next year might be the first time that I do. I hooked up with some of the friends in the show after and it was great seeing them again. They did an amazing job! Also got to see Amy Lyn W. I have admired her videos ever since I first saw them and was so stoked to see her perform that night. Man she did not dissapoint one bit, she was phenomenal! She seems like a pretty incredible person. I just went home after the show and kinda chilled for a bit before bed. It was a pretty fun day, but I would of enjoyed spending it with my date for the night. Who I still haven't heard anything back from. Pretty sure that is done with.
Sunday came along and I was super nervous about my new calling. A calling from the stake is always something freaky to me. I got my first one before my mission. They asked me to be the single adult rep for my stake. No clue why. I was 19 about ready to leave on a mission and I was put in charge of keeping track of a ward of people that I never had even been to. About a 3 years after I got home I got my next one. DON"T ever answer your phone at 6 in the morning on a Sunday! Not a good idea lol I answered the phone and it was my stake president. He wanted me to come in at 6 I convinced him to let me wait till 7. What I didn't tell him is that I was up till 5 that morning with a girl I just started dating that night. I was called to be in the elders quorum presidency. Was there for 3 years...super tough but very fun calling. I learned a lot. So I was a little worried about this next one. I got to the church and we went into a room to talk. They called me to be an assistant ward clerk. My new job is basically to take care of anything that has to do with members. So that should be fun. Probably will learn a ton there as well. Church was fun, then headed to the Superbowl party. Party was fun, Superbowl made me sad...
All in all besides getting stood up on my date the weekend was pretty fun. I'm used to doing things by myself. I'll admit that it does take a few months to get used to again after going through a break up, but I am used to it. I really do with that I didn't have to be though. I really would enjoy someones company. Especially around this time of year. I feel pretty lonely during the month of February. I kinda go into my cave during this time of year, but that's for another day to talk about.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Belonging
So this post is kinda a bummer post....if you don't want to read please move on...if you do, you have been warned lol...
When I was around 7 or 8 my dad came up to Utah to visit his parents. He spent about a week here I think talking to them and doing stuff with them and all that stuff. He originally only planned on a weekend but for some special reason he told us that he was gonna be here longer. He came home one night and asked me to come downstairs from my room cause he had something that he wanted to tell us. He said that the main reason he stayed down there was cause he was looking for a job and a place to build a house. Basically in a nutshell he told us that he was moving our family from California to Utah. I remember going back up to my room trying to figure all this out. What about my friends? School? The Beach? Disneyland? Not only was he going to be moving us up to Utah, but he was thinking about doing it in I believe it was 2 weeks. He had already let his boss at the police station know and had already put our place up for sale. It sold in only a few days and within that 2 week period we were packing things up and getting ready to drive up to Utah.
Leaving my home down in Cali was probably one of the hardest things that I have ever done. I remember just spending the whole drive down here crying with my mom(she never has liked it here) almost the whole drive to Utah. It was so foreign to me when we got here. There was no beach, no Disneyland, no Seaworld, I had left my best friend and wasn't really sure what this place was like. I made some friends and a few of those have lasted a really long time and 19 years later we are still pretty close.
I write this today though for a few reasons..number one is that I really never have felt like I fit in here, or belong here. Yes I have made plenty of friends, but a lot of them have been through other people and usually don't stick around more then we see each other a couple times a year. I have been picked on since the first moment I moved to Utah. Something that was totally new to me and to be honest if I stayed in Cali and grew older can't guarantee would of not happened if I had stayed down there. All I know is a lot of it stemmed from the fact that my family was one of the first few to move to the area we lived in from Cali. The teasing and such really never faded away and still lingers some today. It's a hard thing to bear sometimes. I've learned to do my best to just brush it off and have gotten pretty good through that, but at times I just wish it would stop. Acting has helped me a lot put on a good face when I'm feeling down but at times I wish I could call out for help from those few friends that I have that understand.
I've never really felt like I belong here though. I have found that keeping to myself more than actually being with people here is what makes me comfortable, but it's not something I want. I would love to be the guy friends call when there is a party going on, or they need a guy to go out with their girl friends friend, instead of spending a lot of Friday and Saturday nights either going out by myself or just staying home. I would love to get married and just devote my time and love to my wife but I seem to be doing a pretty horrible job in that area as well.......It's not that I haven't tried, but after some of the things that have come to pass with the girls I dated, it almost just doesn't feel worth it anymore. I've got a lot to offer and I wish someone here would just see past the faults that seem so ever visible about me and give me a shot. I tend to relate better to girls that aren't from here, and understand the weirdness that this state can bring to outsiders at times. Yes I have lived here for longer then I did in Cali, but I feel like those 8 short years there I felt more loved and welcomed then I have in my almost two decades here. People there are so much more willing to accept who you are rather then change you. It's a lot easier to date there and at times a lot less stressful.
I guess this post comes from a funk mood I have been in for the last year or so. I have wanted to write about this so many times but haven't quite found the words to say. I dated a girl back around 2010 that was someone I thought was incredible. I was just never enough. She ended it after about 9 months, talk of marriage and all that. Found out later she had been lying to me and everyone around her for the last 4 months or so of our relationship. It really hit home for a long time and it still really hasn't gone away completely.
I met someone in a show I was in back in April of last year. We shall call her Mel for short. She was a pretty incredible person from the get go. She was young only 19, but she new exactly where she wanted to go in life and was going for it the best she could. She definitely made me super happy and I loved being with her. She almost made me forget about the other horrible person in my life and what she had done. The funk would show up every now and then but seeing Mel it made it quickly go away. Yes she had things about her I didn't like, but started to have grow on me and learned to love. Which I'm pretty sure that's how it is supposed to go. Time went on and the feeling of being not enough for a person and that fear of her leaving me( even though I know she wouldn't) crept back into my head, and eventually led to her breaking up with me. We started talking again a little ago and it has been really hard ever since then. A bunch of those feelings for her came back and after I told her this I found out she had started to like someone else. Well that totally shoots me down. Ya see in Utah girls and guys here have this thing were they like to date about 3 billion different people at the same time, until one guy proves his point and gets the girl, and the other way around. I myself don't do well with this, and I really don't see how anyone else can. Sitting at home one night while the girl of your dreams is out with another guy wondering how the date is going whether she is gonna pick you or move on to someone else, is not my idea of fun dating.
So I sat in my desk at work realizing I had messed up another chance with someone I could really see a future with. She is incredible in every way. I realized that day that I was falling in love with her and once again had to fall back out of love while she pursued this other guy that she liked, knowing in my heart that I most likely won't get another chance with her, and to be honest I probably don't deserve one. I guess I felt that if I told her about the funk I was in at the moment that I was scared she would probably get scared and run off. Something that she probably would of never done. Instead of telling her like I should of, I held it in and pushed her away even more. To the point now that she treats me like someone that she just met or never really knew in the first place. It pretty much sucks. I guess we live and let learn but I would really like to stop learning and get to experience all the joy and happiness of having that special someone in your life and knowing that you belong somewhere instead of being in this lost state that I feel like I can't really get out of. I wish the best of luck to her and all her endeavors and hope that she finds that guy that treats her like the princess that she is, instead of the way I tried so hard to avoid but got pulled into. I'm way sorry for that btw.
I've decided to give up on dating for a while. Yes I'm 27 and need to get on the bandwagon, but I feel like I need to learn how to not screw things up. Which is something I do a lot of now. I really hate being alone, but I would rather be alone then alone feeling crushed for another missed opportunity.
When I was around 7 or 8 my dad came up to Utah to visit his parents. He spent about a week here I think talking to them and doing stuff with them and all that stuff. He originally only planned on a weekend but for some special reason he told us that he was gonna be here longer. He came home one night and asked me to come downstairs from my room cause he had something that he wanted to tell us. He said that the main reason he stayed down there was cause he was looking for a job and a place to build a house. Basically in a nutshell he told us that he was moving our family from California to Utah. I remember going back up to my room trying to figure all this out. What about my friends? School? The Beach? Disneyland? Not only was he going to be moving us up to Utah, but he was thinking about doing it in I believe it was 2 weeks. He had already let his boss at the police station know and had already put our place up for sale. It sold in only a few days and within that 2 week period we were packing things up and getting ready to drive up to Utah.
Leaving my home down in Cali was probably one of the hardest things that I have ever done. I remember just spending the whole drive down here crying with my mom(she never has liked it here) almost the whole drive to Utah. It was so foreign to me when we got here. There was no beach, no Disneyland, no Seaworld, I had left my best friend and wasn't really sure what this place was like. I made some friends and a few of those have lasted a really long time and 19 years later we are still pretty close.
I write this today though for a few reasons..number one is that I really never have felt like I fit in here, or belong here. Yes I have made plenty of friends, but a lot of them have been through other people and usually don't stick around more then we see each other a couple times a year. I have been picked on since the first moment I moved to Utah. Something that was totally new to me and to be honest if I stayed in Cali and grew older can't guarantee would of not happened if I had stayed down there. All I know is a lot of it stemmed from the fact that my family was one of the first few to move to the area we lived in from Cali. The teasing and such really never faded away and still lingers some today. It's a hard thing to bear sometimes. I've learned to do my best to just brush it off and have gotten pretty good through that, but at times I just wish it would stop. Acting has helped me a lot put on a good face when I'm feeling down but at times I wish I could call out for help from those few friends that I have that understand.
I've never really felt like I belong here though. I have found that keeping to myself more than actually being with people here is what makes me comfortable, but it's not something I want. I would love to be the guy friends call when there is a party going on, or they need a guy to go out with their girl friends friend, instead of spending a lot of Friday and Saturday nights either going out by myself or just staying home. I would love to get married and just devote my time and love to my wife but I seem to be doing a pretty horrible job in that area as well.......It's not that I haven't tried, but after some of the things that have come to pass with the girls I dated, it almost just doesn't feel worth it anymore. I've got a lot to offer and I wish someone here would just see past the faults that seem so ever visible about me and give me a shot. I tend to relate better to girls that aren't from here, and understand the weirdness that this state can bring to outsiders at times. Yes I have lived here for longer then I did in Cali, but I feel like those 8 short years there I felt more loved and welcomed then I have in my almost two decades here. People there are so much more willing to accept who you are rather then change you. It's a lot easier to date there and at times a lot less stressful.
I guess this post comes from a funk mood I have been in for the last year or so. I have wanted to write about this so many times but haven't quite found the words to say. I dated a girl back around 2010 that was someone I thought was incredible. I was just never enough. She ended it after about 9 months, talk of marriage and all that. Found out later she had been lying to me and everyone around her for the last 4 months or so of our relationship. It really hit home for a long time and it still really hasn't gone away completely.
I met someone in a show I was in back in April of last year. We shall call her Mel for short. She was a pretty incredible person from the get go. She was young only 19, but she new exactly where she wanted to go in life and was going for it the best she could. She definitely made me super happy and I loved being with her. She almost made me forget about the other horrible person in my life and what she had done. The funk would show up every now and then but seeing Mel it made it quickly go away. Yes she had things about her I didn't like, but started to have grow on me and learned to love. Which I'm pretty sure that's how it is supposed to go. Time went on and the feeling of being not enough for a person and that fear of her leaving me( even though I know she wouldn't) crept back into my head, and eventually led to her breaking up with me. We started talking again a little ago and it has been really hard ever since then. A bunch of those feelings for her came back and after I told her this I found out she had started to like someone else. Well that totally shoots me down. Ya see in Utah girls and guys here have this thing were they like to date about 3 billion different people at the same time, until one guy proves his point and gets the girl, and the other way around. I myself don't do well with this, and I really don't see how anyone else can. Sitting at home one night while the girl of your dreams is out with another guy wondering how the date is going whether she is gonna pick you or move on to someone else, is not my idea of fun dating.
So I sat in my desk at work realizing I had messed up another chance with someone I could really see a future with. She is incredible in every way. I realized that day that I was falling in love with her and once again had to fall back out of love while she pursued this other guy that she liked, knowing in my heart that I most likely won't get another chance with her, and to be honest I probably don't deserve one. I guess I felt that if I told her about the funk I was in at the moment that I was scared she would probably get scared and run off. Something that she probably would of never done. Instead of telling her like I should of, I held it in and pushed her away even more. To the point now that she treats me like someone that she just met or never really knew in the first place. It pretty much sucks. I guess we live and let learn but I would really like to stop learning and get to experience all the joy and happiness of having that special someone in your life and knowing that you belong somewhere instead of being in this lost state that I feel like I can't really get out of. I wish the best of luck to her and all her endeavors and hope that she finds that guy that treats her like the princess that she is, instead of the way I tried so hard to avoid but got pulled into. I'm way sorry for that btw.
I've decided to give up on dating for a while. Yes I'm 27 and need to get on the bandwagon, but I feel like I need to learn how to not screw things up. Which is something I do a lot of now. I really hate being alone, but I would rather be alone then alone feeling crushed for another missed opportunity.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Deer Hunt
So this years deer hunt was a blast! Well all deer hunts are great fun, but this one was ever better! Mainly because this year I actually got a deer! All by myself. You see Mr. Mont Connell here has had some issues with hunting and actually succeeding at it. I've shot 2 big game animals in my 10 or so years hunting. I got my first deer back when I was 16, and an antelope 2 years ago. Those were great hunts, but the deer hunt was starting to get pretty dang frustrating.
So this year the group decided we were gonna try an area that they had tried a few years back when I didn't have a tag that somewhat worked out for them. Man was I not excited about this area lol. Mainly because it was gonna take a 4 mile hike up a mountain to get to this area. Oh did I mention that there was no trail to this area either? So we got all set up and ready to go. The nice thing is the first time they did this hike was at 2 in the morning, this is not something that they wanted to do the second time around. So my boss and I took Friday off and we met up at his house got the group together and headed up the mountain. We got to the parking lot at the base of the mountain and got our packs all ready to go. Looking at this mountain I thought to myself and said what the crap did I just get myself into? This was gonna be all straight up. Crazy! I was reassured that there is a good chance that there will be some good size bucks up this high. So off we went. Man it was a long hike. Took us about 4 hours to get up the mountain and find a decent flat spot to camp in the trees away from the elements. We found a good place set up camp and our beds, which were pine leaves thrown on the ground for a bed cushion and a tarp. Pretty dang awesome. Then we decided to go scout around some. There was a pretty lake off to one side that was surrounded by a huge cliff. Yeah most likely will not be trying to shoot something off that side. We did see a buck down in that valley though. On the side where we were hunting just before nightfall we did see a few dozen deer with a few bucks in the mix. What we were hoping would happen in the morning is that the hunters that were on four wheelers or walking around would push the deer our way up over the top and right down the mountain right past us. From the deer that we had seen running around we were pretty hopeful for the next day. We got back to camp built a small fire and mad dinner and just chilled by the fire till we all got tired enough to sleep. Not much you can do on the top of a mountain at night so we went to bed pretty dang early around 9. Which is no problem since we would be waking up around 530 6 to get ready and set. We were in bear country and I had a pistol with me in my sleeping bag just in case. The guys all had their rifles loaded as well. I've always found it hard to sleep the night before the hunt cause I get way too excited. That night was no exception. I also thought a bear was in camp. Scared the crap out of me. I was awoken by something bumping into my leg then bumping my head. Well bears do that to see what it is and if it's alive or not. So I tried to stay as still as I could, cause I could hear deep breathing and was like well this just made the hunt a lot more interesting.......being attacked by a bear the night before has gotta be some sort of record on the list of crappy stuff to happen to someone while hunting list. I was about ready to look out to see what it was and point my gun and shoot a few rounds, when I realized what it was. I was sleeping next to my friends dad Keith and I was facing him. He moved and hit me and he snores like a beast. So I told him in the morning and we all laughed about it. We got up in the wee hours of the morning and started our hike up to our spots. Gerard and me were going up higher and the other 3 were gonna head straight out and wait by some trees. We got set and within about 20 minutes of the opening day of the hunt we saw our first deer head over the hill. All does. A few minutes later another group came up, the 3rd deer back was a buck! So I tried to get all things ready but we were on a weird angled hill and the deer wouldn't stop moving. So by the time I got ready they were too far away. So we sat for another hour or so looking at does and birds when I heard something rustling in the trees next to me. So I figured I would keep my eye on that spot for a while. Well after about 30 minutes a deer stepped out with it's head down eating some grass. I kept my eye on it seeing as it was only about 50 yards from me. It finally lifted his head to take a look around and it was a buck! A nice 4 point. So I took aim at it to make sure it was and told Gerard to take aim as well. Well that was a huge mistake....I turned around got my sights on him again. He had no clue we were there. I was ready to take my perfect broad side 50 yard shot on a nice buck. Had my finger on the trigger, held my breath, started the pull and the deer fell over. My heart sank. Here I was seconds away from taking the biggest deer I've had a chance to shoot at and I missed my chance. Keith noticed the buck way before we did and was watching it and was worried that it was gonna get away so he took the shot. Which is great! He got a really nice one. I was worried though. That shot was probably heard through the whole canyon and it would be a long time before another group came by. Or so we thought.
After about waiting for another 10 minutes or so and watching Keith make his way to a buck which had fallen down a small cliff, Gerard and I saw two deer come up over the top and stop between two trees. We couldn't tell what they were with our eyes cause they were about 420 yards away so I got set just in case and Gerard took a looksie. All of the sudden I hear they are both bucks! They were both 2 points, but the one in the back was bigger. I was excited! But also pretty dang freaked out. I had never taken any animal from farther then 220 yards. So even though I believed in myself that I could make the shot, I wasn't having my hopes up. The nice thing is that on the way up I told Gerard that I was willing to take any deer, he offered to help if I needed it. So I had him as a back up. This all went through my mind within about 30 seconds. I got ready took the safety off, braced myself, breathed then held it put my finger on the trigger, got the distance and wind and took a shot...................bang! The deer took off and the stopped another 10 feet from where it was. I shot below about and inch. So I put another round in and shot again.......Bang! High I hear...crap! This buck was not getting away. The other 2 point had already taken off was long gone, but for some reason this deer couldn't figure out where the bullets were coming from so he just stood still after running off a few feet. Ok I thought to myself. First shot was low second one was high aim in between those two spots and shoot again. Bang! Thud........That noise is always a great one...and a scary one. We looked at where the buck was and he was no longer there.....Did I hit him? Did I make the 420 yard shot? Gerard confirmed that he also couldn't see the deer. So I put in three more rounds and took off towards where he was. That walk took and seemed like forever! I really had no idea how big he was cause I just saw horns and put my cross-airs on a body. I didn't know if he actually was down, or just wounded and running. I got up to where I thought he would be and there he was just sitting down. I did wound him. Which made me sad. So I got set put in another round and got ready to fire...He saw me got up and tried to run. Bang! Hit, still going, another round bang! He ran a few more feet and fell. The adrenaline and excitement that ran through my body is something I can't describe. When I came up on him I got a view of how big he really was. He was a monster two genetic two point. What does that mean you ask? Well a buck will lose it's antlers after the rut each year. They grow back a few months later and will always grow back different. What was a huge 5 point one year could be a spike the next. It just depends. A genetic buck means that they grow the same points every year but they just get bigger and bigger. Which could actually be a good thing for breeding if the buck was a good size deer, but seeing as this was a two point he was just gonna produce more two points. Which could be cool, but from a hunting perspective not so great. So apparently I was doing justice to the population.
I got up to my buck and poked him with a stick to make sure he was done. I then jumped up in the air and gave the sign that he was done! Ah man I was so happy. Suddenly all that climbing and hiking was worth it and my 7 year stint without a buck was done. I had a huge buck. He was fat and had some really pretty antlers. Keith made his way up and said that was the biggest two point he had ever seen. We got to work boning out the deer and packing him up, then headed over to Keith's animal which was also a big bodied buck. We had tons of meat coming our way. We got back to camp and sat everything down, ate and took a nap. Time came to take the long trek back down and man was I not excited about this part. my pack alone now went from just weighing maybe 30 pounds to almost 90. Going straight downhill with no trail and a huge pack was gonna be killer. The hike only took us an hour and a half but it felt like forever...That thing weighed so much and I have never taken anything like that down a mountain. We got back though and got ready to go. I still couldn't believe I had gotten my deer withing the first maybe 4 hours of the opening day. It was so worth the climb we had to do to get our deer. The group went back up there later in the next week and we ended up filling 8 of 10 tags that we had. It was a great hunt.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Crazyness
They are great days aren't they? This one for some reason hit me pretty good. I was thinking a lot about a lot of different things and I'm pretty sure that those things are still all jumbled up in a huge mess in my brain, but we are gonna try to get them out in a way that makes some sort of sense to me and those of you that read this.
The last couple weeks o so have been interesting ones to say the least. Ever since I got back from Spain they have been this way. Not sure why, but I have been in a more pensive mood then before and these last couple weeks have been good for that with some of the things that have gone down.
I got a text about 3 weeks ago from a friend of mine that directed me in a show almost 2 years ago now. The show that she had gotten cast in was looking for someone to fill in a role and she wanted to know if I wanted in to give it a shot. I can't really ever turn down a role that sounds somewhat interesting, so I went down to UVU where they practice and they had me run a scene with them, so I ran the scene and got the part. My guess is because they just really needed someone to fill in for the part so the show could get going. I know that I am somewhat talented, but I also know I tend to be the guy they just call when they need someone to fill in a spot. I got the script and headed home to look it over. The show was opening in about a week and a half and I need to see exactly what I had just gotten myself into. Well I opened the script and was kinda blown away by the amount of lines I had to memorize, along with a huge monologue that I had to get down pact as well. Needless to say rehearsals kinda went pretty slow and as we got to the moments where we moved to the new stage a lot of us were pretty worried about how the show was going to go. It also rained on us and was freezing cold the whole week, so that was gonna suck. We got to opening night and of course it rained and was butt cold. It was the same on Saturday and Monday nights as well. Surprisingly though the show went really well those days as it did the rest of the run. We had a lot of funny moments and it was a good time. We had some of the usual drama that shows have but all in all it was a pretty good time. Even the writer of the show showed up to a few performances and after one sat us all down and talked to each one of us. Told us what he liked about our performances as an actor and what he liked about how we portrayed his characters.
We had a stake football tournament during this run and it was a blast! Basically it consisted of one day and it was single loss elimination. The rules are kinda lame, no blocking with your hands, no running behind your teammates when you have the ball and lots of other dumb ones. You have to have at least 4 girls on the field at all times and they have to touch the ball at least once in a series of downs. Emails were sent out to all that wanted to play and we had a couple of practices before our games. Friday they played, I couldn't go cause of opening night, and we won. Sounds like that game didn't really matter cause all the teams that loss were there on Saturday as well. We had a really good turnout for the games, I think only one team had more then we did show up. I misses the first game because it was at like 8 in the morning and I wanted to sleep in some. We won that game and advanced on. After you played a game you would wait about an hour and then you would play the next game, so I showed up for the next game and was there the rest of the day. It was a blast! Our girls were amazing! They played so well. We ended up sweeping the whole tournament. We had one game that was pretty close, but other then that we blew everyone away. I guess it helps to have a bunch of players on our team that played football and rugby in high school and college lol. All in all it has been a pretty good last couple weeks.
The last couple weeks o so have been interesting ones to say the least. Ever since I got back from Spain they have been this way. Not sure why, but I have been in a more pensive mood then before and these last couple weeks have been good for that with some of the things that have gone down.
I got a text about 3 weeks ago from a friend of mine that directed me in a show almost 2 years ago now. The show that she had gotten cast in was looking for someone to fill in a role and she wanted to know if I wanted in to give it a shot. I can't really ever turn down a role that sounds somewhat interesting, so I went down to UVU where they practice and they had me run a scene with them, so I ran the scene and got the part. My guess is because they just really needed someone to fill in for the part so the show could get going. I know that I am somewhat talented, but I also know I tend to be the guy they just call when they need someone to fill in a spot. I got the script and headed home to look it over. The show was opening in about a week and a half and I need to see exactly what I had just gotten myself into. Well I opened the script and was kinda blown away by the amount of lines I had to memorize, along with a huge monologue that I had to get down pact as well. Needless to say rehearsals kinda went pretty slow and as we got to the moments where we moved to the new stage a lot of us were pretty worried about how the show was going to go. It also rained on us and was freezing cold the whole week, so that was gonna suck. We got to opening night and of course it rained and was butt cold. It was the same on Saturday and Monday nights as well. Surprisingly though the show went really well those days as it did the rest of the run. We had a lot of funny moments and it was a good time. We had some of the usual drama that shows have but all in all it was a pretty good time. Even the writer of the show showed up to a few performances and after one sat us all down and talked to each one of us. Told us what he liked about our performances as an actor and what he liked about how we portrayed his characters.
We had a stake football tournament during this run and it was a blast! Basically it consisted of one day and it was single loss elimination. The rules are kinda lame, no blocking with your hands, no running behind your teammates when you have the ball and lots of other dumb ones. You have to have at least 4 girls on the field at all times and they have to touch the ball at least once in a series of downs. Emails were sent out to all that wanted to play and we had a couple of practices before our games. Friday they played, I couldn't go cause of opening night, and we won. Sounds like that game didn't really matter cause all the teams that loss were there on Saturday as well. We had a really good turnout for the games, I think only one team had more then we did show up. I misses the first game because it was at like 8 in the morning and I wanted to sleep in some. We won that game and advanced on. After you played a game you would wait about an hour and then you would play the next game, so I showed up for the next game and was there the rest of the day. It was a blast! Our girls were amazing! They played so well. We ended up sweeping the whole tournament. We had one game that was pretty close, but other then that we blew everyone away. I guess it helps to have a bunch of players on our team that played football and rugby in high school and college lol. All in all it has been a pretty good last couple weeks.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Conference Weekend
Last time conference went around I was in a pretty bad place. Things just went south with someone really special to me(one sided here) and I kinda didn't really want to do much for conference or even watch it. It had brought a lot of bad memories back to me for some reason.
Well this time around I tried not to think about it too much. I woke up at the butt crack of dawn cause we had football practice and it turned out to be a lot of fun. Met some really cool people and even came away with a knock down and some gashes on my legs. Most of us then headed to our bishops house for breakfast and to watch the first session of conference that morning. I was sitting next to some new friends just talking about each other when I got a text message on my phone. It was from an old friend of mine that was right there with me through a lot of the downs of that last relationship(sorry for those times).... The message just plain and simple said will this conference be better for you then the last one? I was confused for a bit then remembered what she was talking about. So that was kinda my motto for this time around. I was going to make it a better one, as a matter of a fact the best one I have had in a long time.
The day was off to a great start. I didn't stay too long after a few people left cause I had some things to take care of before Priesthood session. So I listened to it in my car on the way home and sat and watched once I got there. I then headed up to Sandy to pic up a few of the things that I needed that day. Ended up picking up a few more things then I needed but it worked out. Went home and set those up as well. Watched the next session or as much of it as I could while I went over lines for my new show. Priesthood session is probably my favorite session out of all of them. The talks seem to always be directed at me. Or at least a few of them do. There was a couple through the whole 2 days that really impacted me. After we ate as a group for priesthood some of us met up and headed down to thanksgiving point for a turn on there haunted mazes and such. Those were way fun. Made some new friends that night too. Sunday was just a relaxing day of going over lines watching conference and learning a thing o two I didn't know before about our savior. Sure do love the guy.
I thought back to what my friend asked Saturday morning and I did have a better conference this time around. The person that took 9 months away from me for nothing was still on my mind but it's more of a why was I with them in the first place kinda thing. I her and her fiance a few weeks ago and they just seemed so awkward to me. She is getting married this week and it just seems like another day to them. Like they don't care. Not sure about you but I want my wedding to be a big event! Anyways, I'm glad things went the way they did this October. I look forward to the rest of the year.
Well this time around I tried not to think about it too much. I woke up at the butt crack of dawn cause we had football practice and it turned out to be a lot of fun. Met some really cool people and even came away with a knock down and some gashes on my legs. Most of us then headed to our bishops house for breakfast and to watch the first session of conference that morning. I was sitting next to some new friends just talking about each other when I got a text message on my phone. It was from an old friend of mine that was right there with me through a lot of the downs of that last relationship(sorry for those times).... The message just plain and simple said will this conference be better for you then the last one? I was confused for a bit then remembered what she was talking about. So that was kinda my motto for this time around. I was going to make it a better one, as a matter of a fact the best one I have had in a long time.
The day was off to a great start. I didn't stay too long after a few people left cause I had some things to take care of before Priesthood session. So I listened to it in my car on the way home and sat and watched once I got there. I then headed up to Sandy to pic up a few of the things that I needed that day. Ended up picking up a few more things then I needed but it worked out. Went home and set those up as well. Watched the next session or as much of it as I could while I went over lines for my new show. Priesthood session is probably my favorite session out of all of them. The talks seem to always be directed at me. Or at least a few of them do. There was a couple through the whole 2 days that really impacted me. After we ate as a group for priesthood some of us met up and headed down to thanksgiving point for a turn on there haunted mazes and such. Those were way fun. Made some new friends that night too. Sunday was just a relaxing day of going over lines watching conference and learning a thing o two I didn't know before about our savior. Sure do love the guy.
I thought back to what my friend asked Saturday morning and I did have a better conference this time around. The person that took 9 months away from me for nothing was still on my mind but it's more of a why was I with them in the first place kinda thing. I her and her fiance a few weeks ago and they just seemed so awkward to me. She is getting married this week and it just seems like another day to them. Like they don't care. Not sure about you but I want my wedding to be a big event! Anyways, I'm glad things went the way they did this October. I look forward to the rest of the year.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Day 4
Today was a pretty cool day as well. Woke up played games with Javi and headed to Baton for the parque de attracciones...Why it's called the park of attractions and not some cool name I have no idea. When we got there the place looked typical Spain...which is so cool! They have tons of random weird stuff that I love! We got settled in and got on some rides. The rides were all pretty cool but pretty short at the same time. Most of them lasted maybe a minute o less, but they were INSANE! one twisted and turned the whole time we were on it. One takes you straight up and then Shoots you in the air backwards. Loved it. My friend got a little sick so we chilled after that one and then decided to try a water ride...Did I mention that these water rides to everything they possibly can to make sure you leave completely soaking wet? The first one we did takes you right through a water fall at the end..Soaked. The next one drops you 15 feet into a pond...Soaked...But great fun non the less! I was kinda tired the whole day so I got bored pretty quick. The place was way fun though. What always interest me though is how different people here react compared to back in the states. People were taking off their shirst on rides, girls walked around in nothing but a bikinni, which I'm not gonna complain about, although there were a few that should of been approved to wear one before they did........but the people and rules here are so different.
I know I get ready to head home in less then 10 days but sometimes I feel like I'm here on my mission again and have another 2 years to go. mainly because I can't use my phone here o see Melinda, who I miss! Some days I just wanna go home o to a place where I can talk to her o my family. Oh well though, I remember the other night when we were at the ccm and realize welp those guys still have 7 weeks before they even get out of that building then another 21 months after that in Spain, and I feel better...horrible yes, but it works..Being in that building though gave me the feeling of the spirit more then I have anywhere else besides the temple in a long time. I missed that feeling. Being with the missionaries and talking to them after was just great fun. I can't wait till they get to go out and experience what I did for 2 years. Some days I felt just like I did today. I wanted to go home so bad and just be with familiar faces and places. Some days were like the other days of this trip, I loved being there and couldn't wait till the next challenge came my way. Helping the Lord find his lost sheep and letting him take my full self into his life. Hopefully they feel the same way...
Well until tomorrow night! After we go to a city I have never been to before! Super stoked for that!
I know I get ready to head home in less then 10 days but sometimes I feel like I'm here on my mission again and have another 2 years to go. mainly because I can't use my phone here o see Melinda, who I miss! Some days I just wanna go home o to a place where I can talk to her o my family. Oh well though, I remember the other night when we were at the ccm and realize welp those guys still have 7 weeks before they even get out of that building then another 21 months after that in Spain, and I feel better...horrible yes, but it works..Being in that building though gave me the feeling of the spirit more then I have anywhere else besides the temple in a long time. I missed that feeling. Being with the missionaries and talking to them after was just great fun. I can't wait till they get to go out and experience what I did for 2 years. Some days I felt just like I did today. I wanted to go home so bad and just be with familiar faces and places. Some days were like the other days of this trip, I loved being there and couldn't wait till the next challenge came my way. Helping the Lord find his lost sheep and letting him take my full self into his life. Hopefully they feel the same way...
Well until tomorrow night! After we go to a city I have never been to before! Super stoked for that!
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