Well almost, more like a Lake Michigan vast lake adventure? Last night, as I previously described in my earlier blog, I went out fairly late with a friend. I am so accustomed to staying up until the wee hours of the night that I struggled to fall asleep. Plus I must admit I was fairly excited to go fishing, because I had not been since last year. I pleaded with my father to go ice fishing, but he insisted it wasn't as attractive or fun as it seemed. I suppose being out in sub zero weather on fragile ice isn't that glamorous, but I've always had a desire to try it at least once. I'm a firm believer in trying everything once. Well mostly everything there are some things I must admit that I would not do. Anywho, I finally fell asleep around 1:00 AM and triple checked to ensure my alarm was set for 3:00 AM. I felt as though I had just closed my eyes when my alarm ran like sirens. That was when I saw illuminations creeping in from my blinds. I peered outside and saw lightening filling the sky. My heart shattered a little, because I knew it was not practical nor a good idea to be by water in such treacherous weather.
Around 4:00 AM I went into my parents room and informed my father that the sky was illuminated and that it hadn't let up for nearly an hour. We both saw it unfit to go on our fishing excursion and my father advised me to go back to bed for an hour to see if it let up. I called Johnny and got about 30 minutes of sleep before my father came into my room with an excited grin on his face. He told me to look outside and I was stunned to see that the sky was in fact clear. We went to grab some breakfast and I ordered chocolate chip pancakes. I could barely get through one pancake and ended up digging out the chocolate chips instead of eating any of the "cake". My dad chuckled at me and said I should have just asked for some melted chocolate chips. It would have saved him some money. I laughed and we went on our way. We attempted to find Wilmette harbor, but got lost and ended up going to Monstrose Harbor (our usual). For those of you who are not well educated on the fishing areas Monstrose Harbor and Wilmette Harbor are both fancy terms for different areas of Lake Michigan. Monstrose is just in the city and Wilmette is with all the rich people. I personally prefer Monstrose anyways, because its familiar and we always go to the same bait shop.
We got soft shells (aka little crawfish strange looking bugger clawed creatures, whom spew this disgusting looking yellow puss when you crack them in half. Yes I do crack off tails and heads and bait them on my hook) and looked for an open area where most fishers were. The area we found was like gold. I literally caught over 30 perch in that area. I also caught the two biggest fish of the day. I was quite proud of myself seeing as I typically am only able to catch tiny little golbies. We were fishing near an older gentleman with his wife who was collecting the fish. He didn't have many so we offered him our fish. He was thrilled and absolutely delighted that we were just giving away our catch. He helped me unhook perch that had the hook down their throat and was so appreciative of our donations to his basket. It made me feel good to give someone sweet and kind like him our fish. He asked me how I was able to catch such nice, big, healthy perch. I smiled and said I just do my thing. I really do I'm not always entirely sure what I'm doing in anything I do. I just do what feels right and go with it. Things usually work out for me when I do such things I suppose I am just able to adapt really well.
The man appreciated everything we did so much that he allowed me to take a picture with only some of the fish we had caught in his basket. When we asked if I could have a picture he smiled and replied that I had caught nearly all the fish in the basket so he'd be more than happy to let me take a picture with my catch. It was such a miserably hot day, but my dad and I had such an amazing time fishing together and just spending some quality time together. He told me that our little trip was his birthday present to me and I couldn't have asked for a better one! It was so amazing to just spend time with him, have a good fishing day, and enjoy lovely Lake Michigan. I couldn't have asked for anything more perfect! I can't wait for our future fishing endeavors. I know that they will be just as fun filled as this one. Gotta put my 23 dollar fishing license to good use! Next time I hope that we will scale, skin, fillet, and cook our fish! Perhaps even over a camp fire =]! It's hard to describe how serene and peaceful it is being outside and the excitement of catching a big one.
Tonight my brother is taking me to see Grown Ups for my birthday. I've been wanting to see that movie so bad! Not nearly as bad as I want to see Toy Story 3, but I'm sure eventually somebody will be childish enough to go see it with me. I embrace my inner child, because you have so much more fun when you do so! We all were once little and I believe a part of us will always require that nurturing and safety blanket type feeling. I know I still have my safety blankets, but they make me who I am. Grown Ups has a pretty good line up as far as casting. I absolutely am crazy about Rob Sneider, David Spade, and of course Adam Sandler (gotta represent the Jews!) My brother will be home in a couple hours and we will be off. I think it's so sweet he offered to take me as my birthday present. He and I hardly spend enough time together and I love it when I do get to spend time with him. Having a brother is really something special!
Tomorrow is the big 22! I'm super excited, because I get to eat at my absolute favorite restaurant of all time in my favorite booth! My mom has lots of neat little gifts waiting for me that I am totally excited to open! She spoils me way too much I really don't deserve it! I can't deny that I do enjoy being spoiled from time to time =]! Not that it means she loves me anymore it's just nice to know someone likes to spoil me! So far everything has perfect. I was a bit agitated and upset that so many of my friends just seemed to disregard my Birthday and not care much about going out with me, but honestly I wouldn't have had it any other way. I guess as we grow older we learn who really is there for you and who really cares. Not to say that my friends don't care about me, because I know that they do. You just see who really is devoted to you and I know that it's my family mostly and then a couple friends and my boy. I can't believe I'm already 22 years old. Time just keeps flying. I'll achieve obtaining my masters at this age (at least I hope that I will!) and hopefully will be accepted to a PhD program. I'm super excited for what the future holds and for all my future adventures as a newly 22 year old young lady. Have a wonderful rest of the weekend everyone. I know I will be.
Sincerely,
Alexis Zoe
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