I know, I promised that I would post pics on Monday but...I lied.
So I took Friday off and went kayaking. I chose a tidal river right on the seacoast and these two cute little ducklings (on the concrete ramp) came to give me a send off.
The river was moving at about 6 knots and I paddled against it for about 30 minutes.
Then I stopped and just floated up river with the current, steering the boat only when I needed to. I went up river several miles and through two towns. It was very relaxing. At 11ish I pulled the boat out onto a small island and had lunch. By 1 pm the tide was all the way in and I was able to paddle home with little effort at all.
Later that night I invited as many friends as I could to come sit around the fire-pit to drink, eat and swap war stories. I provided chips while others brought some baked goods.
It's a nice feeling when everybody drives to your house for the night. It shows that they like spending time with you. I have good friends. One of my buddies from high school showed up who I've only seen about three times in the past 20 years. I loved catching up. We wrapped it up at about 1:30 in the morning and I didn't get out of bed until 10 am the next day. Totally worth it!
The next day I awoke to find that my ankles and calves had been dined upon my something. These are the worse bug bites I've ever had. There are so many it looks like a rash, but it isn't. They are just 100s of tiny bug bites. I wore socks, shoes and bug spray too! Itches like hell! WTF!
That's all I have today. I have to work on my speech for Speechcrafters. Thursday is "Ice Breaker" day and I have to come up with a speech to describe myself to all the other people in the class. I actually have an opening, body and a closing. I'm doing a practice run in about 30 minutes with a mentor and then I have Wednesday to polish it up.
Wish me luck!
Anyone want to share their weekend experiences?
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