Only One Life

If I had to say there was something I had that I could only live once, it would be a life. Most people would say, "get a life," to which I would say, "Get two, to go." I know. None of this makes any sense. But whatever.

I accidentally pocket dialed Ken Bradshaw today. He called me back about ten minutes later, and I had to have an awkward and unscripted conversation with him this morning. Neither of us had been doing anything, except he had been hunting this morning "in the land of the ice and snow" and had no luck.

I hadn't even done that. I left work about 9:00 and the truck broke down. I limped it back and got another truck and finished everything from there on. I had such a boring day. For lunch I ate a chicken sandwich and read the newspaper. I saved the sports section to read during the game tonight. I hope I don't forget it. I need to set it out to make sure. I start every sentence with "I", almost.

I'm very cold also.

But don't give up now. You have only one life.

There's more to life than meets the eye.

I'm sitting here the day after Christmas, watching Garden State. I'd have to say that it's not going to make my top 10 list. Anyway, as I said, it's the day after Christmas, and I've accentuated my fly fishing gear very nicely. We've racked up two new, water proof fly boxes, leaders, and a new fishing pack.

I bought the pack for myself with money we got from my Granmother. It's a very nice Orvis model with lots of pockets and compartments. I think this is going to be extremely handy when I finally get back out there. After I use it a couple of times, I'll write about it. The old one was a hunk of junk I got from work. It was a promotional item that held everything I needed and was functional, but I needed something with separate compartments and more flexibility.

I'm having an Ebay yardsale to try to raise some money and get some waders. I think I'm going to need them for the Conasauga. Not sure at this point when or where I'm going fishing next, but I'll let you know how it was.

Until then, buenos nachos.

I've been doing everything wrong

I haven't been fishing in forever. The plan is to go to Little Cedar Creek, which I found out is open year round for trout fishing, hopefully Christmas weekend, or the first Sunday in January.

I'm also working on a trip to the Conasauga River, in the Cohutta Wilderness area, for the spring. I'm not sure if I want to make this a daytrip, a weekend, or just go all out and do it for a week. Ken Bradshaw, of the Cohutta Chapter of TU has fished the area for many years and recommends doing a whole week there. But I'm not sure I'm up for it. Maybe it's just the cold, and maybe I'll be more enthusiastic when it gets warm, and when everything gets settled at work so I can start taking some weekends off.

Anyway, if anyone wants to go to Little Cedar Creek, that can fish, just let me know.