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Vacation is a restful time that is spent away from one's normal schedule and meant to allow one to reflect on life and what they are missing while focused on their daily routine. I had the chance to take a much needed vacation last week. I spent the majority of the week up at Wood Lake Scout Reservation. I miss it so much. I worked on the waterfront from '03-'07. In some ways it felt as if I had never left. Granted much of the staff is different, but a few of the old staff remains, the guys who were there when I was on staff. I say that in many ways it is still the same because, the same spirit, though embodied in a new staff, still lives alive and well "nestled in the trees".

It felt good too that every few hours I would run into someone else that I had met in the past who: "had me as a swimming mb counselor", "remembered me from Webelos resident camp", or that felt better knowing that I was once again patroling the waterfront at Camp Tamarack.

I miss that place so much, it has become a home for me. I grew up among the trees of Wood Lake Scout Reservation, and I credit it with making me the man I am today. I love it because of the great spirit that lives in the staff, and the peace that falls in those woods. It gave me a chance to reflect on my life. What have I done and accomplished? I found at camp this last week that I have made an imprint on WLSR and the people who come there. I have developed into somewhat of a legend there, not trying to get a big head, but I have made a difference there. I only hope and pray that the same holds true wherever I have worked.

The Vacation has made me think about my current situation. Am I happy where I am, I mean am I truly happy? I wonder if I sometimes trick myself a little. I enjoy my job, and the work I am able to do there. But some things are lacking. I am not able to do some of the things that a teaching position would allow me to do; travel, money to donate and to enjoy, time away from work. And I still continue to come back to one point that I struggle with week after week. I struggle with my vocation, I feel drawn to the married life but I still can't find a girl whom I feel I can date without it being weird or inappropriate. My Vacation has helped me to think more openly about my vocation and where it might be leading me, career wise...