So maybe my luck in love is changing. or will be soon? Yesterday i caught one fish. ONE. well, i was finishing up my application for Pepperdine business school, which well, i'm fishing for a full scholarship on that one, too. So i sat out the morning session yesterday, but barely got on the board in the afternoon. Had that one little rainbow trout not jumped on my line at 4:25 CDT, i would not have heard the end of it from the guys.
Today...wow was it different. in the first 1.75 hours, i had gone 8-for-9. I had out-fished everyone else combined by nearly a factor of two. Which is hilariously ironic, considering i'm the most novice fisherman. I bagged 4 more in the afternoon for an even dozen. Speaking of dozen, i just got through watching a college b-ball game with a HALF DOZEN overtimes. that's like...10 more minutes short of a full second game! like a 16-inning baseball game. unreal. Syracuse won with heart, blood, and guts. kinda like Rocky or Rudy.
i was at ease today...i realized....just let it all go and whammo--the fish start biting. i wonder if there will be love notes in the mailbox when i get back, then? just kidding. but the point is i think God taught me a lot today, about fishing for what really matters [a blessed future, and success, excellence in school and scholarship] and the patience to realize that His best is yet to come.
i just hope my friends will be around to rejoice with me.....i've been around nearly all those closest to me in the past week's time. and i see a bunch more friends this weekend...can't wait.
so the final tally is colorado, california, illinois, oklahoma, texas, arkansas, and missouri--7 states in the previous 9 days. quite a tour.
and to those reading this, i must apologize...this has been a bit more journalistic than my usual blogs, i am tired and trying to catch up on posts.
tomorrow we drive home....we will be loading essentially a totally portable kitchen into a GMC Yukon and driving 500 miles tomorrow. my great-uncle Marlon Brando the Welding Business Operator [he's not really mafia, i just like doing movie character matches for people i love dearly] travels with more ice-chests than any woman has suitcases on a 3 day trip, i promise.
he's been cooking gourmet 5-course meals....i haven't eaten this good since being on a 5-day cruise, and i'm not even sure that tops this. i've gained back one of the belt sizes i've lost since lifting weights. yeah, i kinda missed both my workouts this week. that changes tomorrow, when i get back to having access to weights again.
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