Summer's Here

I've been hit hard this year with the summer heat stick! Although, I live in Texas and every year is hot. This year seems to be taking more of my breath away then any other I can remember. And every year seems to be the worst I've ever experienced. (I"m not entirely sure that's true) I can't say whether it's the actual weather or me getting older. (1 vote for getting old) It also seemed to sneak up on us this year, going from one minute not sure whether to plant our garden yet to "great it's too hot" it really did change just like that. Matter of fact one day it was in the 50's and two days later 80's. So I don't know for sure if our garden will be worth the money and time we spent in it this year. I keep praying will be able to get something out of it.

We also went fishing this weekend which ended up not so great, we came home with 1 fish! How's that?!?! But let me tell you the story of how we got this one fish!

First Scott has wanted to fish for several weeks now, but due mostly to high winds we haven' t made it out there yet. So finally it's calmer and we decide to go Sunday morning. He wakes me up at 2:45 am, I throw myself in clothes jump in the front seat and slowly wake up. We grab our breakfast and hit the road for our...........2 HOUR trip to the lake of his choosing. I took a pillow just in case!

Being that's it's that early and we are pulling a boat, I really have a hard time falling back asleep. Even though the vibration of the car clearly makes me want too. The pure and over whelming anxious feeling and alittle bit of fear makes me stay awake. Not that I don't trust him driving, but it is however 2:45 in the morning! People are crazy drivers!!

We get all the way to Terrell, I remember looking at the speed sign and then over to our speed. Not 2 minutes later he is saying we are getting pulled over. I'm like " really? for real" he says "yep!"
goodness gracious, so the cop comes up and asks for his info and says "where are you coming from?" ...."waxahachie" the officer says "where?" oh I almost laughed out loud not because he didn't know where it was or wondered himself if he had heard something wrong. But because if you knew how many times I've heard someone say that you would laugh too. FOLKS who even live very close to our town have said "where?" So I'm amused! "He says do you know the reason I pulled you over?" silly question if you ask me. So he proceeds to tell us the trailer lights on the boat are not working. OH, and by the way your license plate is hanging wrong.......and do you know how fast you were going? Of course he says no. Office says, and I quote! "speed limit was 35, and you were going 60, were you aware of that?" I'm sitting in passenger seat and I"m not sure if he saw me or not, but I made a face frowned and thought was the officer sleeping? or crazy? I don't like pompous cops, and I don't like ones who stretch truths just to see what you'll say. And who argues with the cop usually gets in more trouble, so they stomp on you because they can! He leaves comes back says "go ahead and step out of vehicle."
PEOPLE, I thought I was going to have a hard attack!!! I thought surly they are not arresting him for something. He has already fibbed about the speed what's he trying to get Scott on now??? And that's about the time I noticed the second cop car. WHAT!!! They called back up. Look I'm not one to get pulled over, and if I do it's usually something small, and several several years apart. (Knock on wood I don't get pulled over today now that I've said that!) But it seems like the attitude of cops stinks! Sure they need to be cautious I get that, but do they have to sound so stinking ugly? Can they not just be stern? I want to pee my pants nearly everytime I've ever been pulled over and my heart usually jams up into my throat and my guts are on fire. It's just not a pretty sight to be honest.
I twiddle my thumbs, take small sips of my coffee move couple things check the side mirror couple times. FINALLY he comes back to the truck gets in says "we can't leave til we fix the lights"

WHAT?? as I see the two cops take off in different directions leaving us there off on a side road in the dark. HOW are we going to fix this? No store is open!! So we spend the next what seemed like even longer minutes (in reality it prob wasn't that long) while he tried to figure out why they weren't working. Once he did Scott jumps in the truck and says "he didn't say anything bout both sides did he?" OH, I laughed again, for some reason one side wouldn't work. We head off back on the road to the lake and I say "I don't know what he meant but hurry up and get outta here, and don't speed" HAHA! And just to note, Scott was not going 60 miles in a 35! He got a verbal warning. And again it justifies my saying they say what they want to see what you'll say.

We get to the lake finally and we pay our fee to the envelope box. Because the park is not really open, but they have it so you can self pay if no ones in the office. We drive up to the gate........................it's locked!
I'm like unbelievable! So Scott's drives back around thinking maybe there's a code up on the board where you pay, and another car drives up. They talk, come to find out this park (and the only one I know of) doesn't open the gate til 7am. If you are camping you get the code, or if you have a year pass. UGH! I say "what??? I could of sleep for an hour and half longer!!!" So we pull up behind the other car back at the gate. Shortly after a car comes up. We are thinking sweet! Let us in, thank you. We've got to get some shad before the sun comes up.

Guy pulls up unlocks the gate pulls one side open truck and boat pull threw guy moves the gate shut. "I"m like "HEY"! are you going to say something to him? "HEY"!! "WHAT in the world, let us in!!!!" the guy in front of us is talking to him too. MEAN man says "if you want the code you should get a year pass"
WHAT you big old' mean man? For real, you couldn't let two people in after they have paid? who are fishing too? Just like you?
I was talking out loud at this point, I said Mr Karma is not so nice!! I'm going to pee on your tires!
(not literally as if I could anyways) but I was so mad that he would be such a poo head AND never would look up at any of us in the eyes. Just rude!
So we settle back in our spot cause who knows when the next person is going to come. Finally someone comes, and it's another fisher. He pulls up next to us Scott rolls the window down and says "you waiting on the ranger?" Scott says " for someone to open" Man "you got a pass" Scott "no, we paid the self pay up there and got down here to find the gate locked" Man "oh, okay" and he drives forward........?????? what's that mean? make yourself clear please? He pulls up to guy infront of us, apparently asking the same. A younger guys gets out unlocks the gate and pulls both sides open all the way and locks them into place, gets in truck and drives off! "HE HAS OPENED THE GATES FOR US" just as the sun is starting to peak over the horizon.
We get to the docks load up get into the water, catch a very few shad and head off to fish. Following the places we should be, we find tons of other boaters already posting up. We sit for 2 hours and get nothing. Not to mention the minute we hit the water I felt sick! I dont' get sea sick, but for some reason I was feeling not so great. I went back and forward in my head "oh I'm fine I"m not going to throw up----Oh I'm about to throw up"! It was not good! Finally we got to a place and Scott caught a fish, I said "honey I think you need to measure him" so we did and sure enough we had to throw it back, but about 30 minute later he got "THE FISH" ewww he is fat! So I said okay if you get another bit I'm changing my rod. Sure enough he got a a bite but the fish managed to get off before he pulled it in! SO, I reel up and throw in.......Nothing! Then I get some bumps and before ya know it stinking fish steals my bait! Next my hook, Next my hook bait and weight! UGH, I'm done, I wasn't feeling good So I went and laid down underneath. We finished up shortly after drove round little bit ended up jumping in for a minute to cool off and we headed home. With 1 fat fish! Amazing huh, what a trip!