6/26/08

Five Fish, Two Turtles, and Bluegrass. Quite a Day!



What a fun day today was. At about 1:30 pm Central Daylight Time, Don picked me up and off we went to the fishing hole. Don is one of my mom's friends. He is like a grandpa type to me even though he is not my grandpa. He is hilarious and an amazing angler. He taught me lots of tricks today out on Perch Lake. In fact, he got me so good that I actually caught five fish throughout our four and a half hours on the lake. Two of the fish were bass that were actually big enough to keep, if I had the keeping attitude. I personally love the whole idea of catch and release. It is all about the fight, if you ask me. The last one I caught was also the biggest(see pic). He gave me quite a fight. What a fun time it was even if the turtles kept trying to eat my bait and actually got "caught" twice. I felt bad for them, but why did they have to like my worms so much? Poor little guys.

When we got back we headed to The Claridge because Don thought we should go seeing there was about 15 minutes left in happy hour. Cheap drinks are a big thing at the bar. The funny thing was that as we drove up to the bar, my mom was walking in with her friend, Pat. So, I was able to have some rootbeer and nachos with my mom. Good times.

Later, my parents and I went to a bluegrass concert by the local grocery store. They have concerts every Thursday night. Notice that Dad and I were twins with our matching caps. I didn't notice until we were on our way home. Funny. We also stopped for some ice cream on the way home. Wonderful times!

What a fun and beautiful day. I think this is what makes being a teacher really worth it. Who cares about the whole touching the future stuff! Just kidding. I do love my job; I just also like Summer Alice! :)