After laying low for most of last week and playing catch-up for most of this one, my body has decided that it’s Friday and I should therefore be in the mountains already.

Sadly, it’s only Thursday, but I do get to get ready to go tonight. Fill the water cans, make a pasta salad, make sure I have clean underwear in my hunting clothes bag, things like that which will keep me occupied and minimize the obsessing.

Normally I only lie awake on the night before opening day; by this far into the season, it’s old hat and I can just pack up my shit and go. But there’s a little bit of a twist in this trip, in which the man who I’ve been crushing on has been returning the interest, and will be there too. I am looking forward to this trip like no other.

Several of the other wives in this group hunt too, or at least come to camp, but there’s a significant number who don’t want to have anything to do with it. Some of those guys seem a little wistful at a single woman coming up–not out of interest, but because they wish their wives were into it. So you’d think that finding a man to date who is both into hunting and likes to have company doing so wouldn’t be such a challenge for me, but I’ve never had a boyfriend who was into it. Cowboy only came up the once, and that was mostly because he was worried about me spending so much time up there alone. If I was with the other guys, he figured I was plenty taken care of in case of emergency and just left me alone to do my thing.

I’d sure like to share this thing though; I’m no different than the guys who wish their wives were into it. So finding someone who’s not only into it, but a better hunter than I am, and who seems to be attracted to me too, now, that’s kind of exciting. I’d love to share this with someone, and that guy has a great potential for getting it.

I get to go up for the next three weekends too, which is rare. The kids are technically mine over Thanksgiving weekend, but the holiday itself is their Dad’s, and that family likes to get out of town for the holiday. So I get to get out of town too, as my backup operator is happy for the extra money. Three week’s worth of peace, coming right up!