The Perks of Parks…
I’m currently in the middle of a 3 week internship at Frontenac Provincial Park as the final component of my Ecotourism Management degree, and I’d have to say I’m pretty happy with it! So far I’ve managed to get out into the park more than half the days and seen a fair bit of the 12,000 acres of wilderness here… Lots of cleanup of campsites, boating, putting up signs, as well as some interesting office work. Shockingly, I’ve been applying a lot of things that I learned during my studies! Especially marketing, program planning, and customer service. Probably my favorite part of being at this placement, is obviously the location though – aside from just the sheer beauty and raw energy I pick up from being in nature, we’ve seen lots of wildlife and signs of wildlife: deer, beavers, orioles, snakes, otters and more. So, looks like it will be a short but sweet 3 weeks, and then it’s back to farm life proper.
Speaking of which – renovations for my place to live are moving along – the drywall is done, electrical almost done, and painting to happen this weekend! Could potentially move in partway on Monday… at least in to the bedroom, which is quite exciting… There sure is something different about constructing the place that you are going to live in – a very different relationship to the place itself. Much more personal… The other thing I’m jonesing for is just getting access to all my stuff – i think it has been mentally freeing to not have all my stuff for a while, but it will be nice to get access to all of my music, my stereo, computer, books, clothes, etc… Strangely though, I miss them, but not that much. Really, life does go on – just with a little less stuff. Kind of liberating… I am trying to pay attention though – I am noticing a pattern of always looking forward to the next thing – like “then i’ll be happy!” – only to find it’s more of the same. Life. So even though I feel like I am in such an in-between state at the moment, I’m striving to embrace it. Cherish it. Savour it. mmmm…. limboliscious…
K. Miguel Hahn 