Written May 28, 2018 Memorial Day
This past week was the last week of school for Abby. YAY! On Saturday Erin invited Abby to come up to Washington for the summer. I am so grateful for that. It gives Abby a place to be for the summer instead of home all alone while I work and be sick. Plus kids don't quite understand what it means when you tell them you are sick and you can't move. "MOM....I'm hungry what's for dinner!?" Uh...I can't move. So that will be one less thing to worry about for me. It will be super fun for her. I am actually quite jealous.
I spent the weekend thinking through what I would need to pack for Abby. Also did the normal weekend stuff. Laundry, cleaning the kitchen etc. I did as much as I could. I am having to spread more out in the evenings during the week instead of saving it all for the weekend. I love that my sickest days are on the weekend so it doesn't interfere with work too much. I also HATE that my sickest day are on the weekend because I just can't accomplish what I need to get done! So aggravating!
When I got to work on Monday and told Ashton that Abby was heading to Washington for the summer he said we needed to come fishing before she leaves. He had invited us to come down to the family "pond" and fish and ride the Razor this summer. We needed to do it this week before she leaves. So we picked Wednesday night go fishing.
Wednesday May 23, 2018
After work Abby and I headed out to Wellsville to go fishing. We met at his house and then head over to the pond. Ashton picked up his nephew and we headed out. Ab and I drove over in the Razor. I thought it would be a little drive from his house down a dirt access road or something but it was a little ways away. It was over the river and through the woods so to speak. So we really got to drive the Razor! It was so much fun. Nothing like the wind wiping through your hair! Abby loved it!
We got to the pond and explored. This is not small "pond" like I had imagined. It is quite the body of water. Ashton had picked up a pizza for dinner and I brought stuff for some s'mores later. So we were all just going to chill and fish. He had gone down to the pump to clear it of moss with his nephew and Abby and I walked around. They found a turtle! It didn't like me much. Everyone touched it's shell just fine and every time I went to pet him he hissed. I didn't know turtles hissed!
Next we got to fishing. Ashton got the fishing poles ready and we then got to it. I've decided if I ever had to live off of the fish I caught I would die of starvation. This fish were biting, but I just couldn't get one on the hook to save my life!
I'm sad I didn't take a picture of Abby actually fishing. Once we started fishing we didn't stop. We had a lot of fun. A bit later Ashton's dad and sister joined us, then finally Jodi, his wife, came. What a pleasant family. I have know Jim for several years through work. Jodi and Ashton are the cutest couple on the plant. They are all just good people. It was so relaxing chilling with people that you just instantly feel comfortable being around. Reminds me so much of my awesome family!
Jim helped Abby out. Once again those fish were teasing us. They'd nibble the bait right off the hook. So none of us were catching anything. The fish were even jumping out of the water really close to where we were dropping the lines.
We decided to build a fire and roast some marshmallows for s'mores. I love using things like Reese's Peanut Butter Cups for s'mores. This time I bought Ghirardelli caramel chocolate squares. YUMMY! They are the perfect size and the caramel was delicious. That's a keeper in the gourmet s'mores line up!
Jodi ended up coming when we were doing s'mores. She cast the line in the pond a few times. No luck for her either. She decided to throw a marshmallow on and still nothing. THEN came the pizza crust. FINALLY Jodi catches a fish!
I reeled one in as well once I put pizza crust on the hook. It never got out of the water though. I got it all the way in and when it hit the bank he fell off the hook. Easiest catch and release ever! Ha, Ha. {Just so everyone knows. This is a private pond with stock fish. We know you can't use pizza crust as bait!}
At this point Abby's inner pyro had been born. She was running back and forth from the dry grass to the fire pit keeping the fire going. It cleaned up the are quite a bit. So win win.
We spent a little more time playing around before heading back to Ashton's and Jodi's house. As we were driving past the cattle pastures Abby got totally tagged by the irrigation sprinkler. Ha Ha! She thought it was hilarious. We spent a little more time hanging out in the backyard and playing with Zeus there totally cute pup. We had an awesome time! Abby would totally do that every single day if she could. Best Day Ever!!!
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