Treeplanting is....

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• 5:45am wakeups to car horns blaring
• 5:45am "verge of tears, i dont want to get out of bed" thoughts
• 6am heavenly coffee that isnt really heavenly, except that its hot, and coffee.
• concussion on the way to the block due to the ungraded roads and energetic driving of Preston
• Duct tape.  More Duct tape.
• Whos got duct tape?
• Moose.  On the block.  On the road. Moose everywhere.
• Bugs. Black flies. Deer flies. Horse flies. Biting you. All day. Every day.
• Two steps, smashshovel, plant tree, SCREEF!, two steps, smash shovel, plant trees, SCREEF! (repeat 2000-3000 times a day)
• Anyone got bug spray?
• Ice cold lake swims after work.
• 5.5 days of grime build up on your skin, in your hair, in your tent, in your bed.
• 5.5 days of wearing the same sweaty smelly clothes.
• 5.5 days of wishing you could have a day off
• 5.5 days of blood sweat and dirt.
• Blood.
• Sweat.
• Dirt.
• "I need more land"
• "Theres ALWAYS more land"
• "Not black spruce. PLease, NO!!!!" (black spruce grows anywhere, even in swamp up to your knees)
• "Is that a tick?"
• Duct tape again.
• "Puckin mozzies. Puckin bugs"
• "Chocolate brownies? Better set the alarm 15 minutes earlier"
• Is there more coffee?
• Dancing on car roofs.
• Dancing anywhere.
• Cigarettes are gold. I could make a living off selling them to the nicorette club.
• Beer is silver.
• itchy itchy ouch!
• Sunburn.
• Singing on the block as loud as you can.
• "Business Time" (thankyou Flight of the Conchords).
• Boots that resemble mud.
• Wet everything!
• Campfires.
• Sleep, eat, plant, sleep, eat, plant....
• Beach Vollyball...
• chasing moose
• chasing bears
• chasing anyting that moves
• catching frogs to avoid planting more trees
• making $280 a day.

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thats tree planting......