We're not taking our annual fishing trip down to Surfside this year. Perfect storm combo of bad stuff, with a little good thrown in. Damn, I hate being a responsible adult. So not only will you not get keeler pics from the Texas Coast, you're stuck with my MacBabeAss ~ no breaks, my friends, no breaks.

So it goes.

LL

"No rest for the wicked" as my grandmother would say.

Just think how much more you will appreciate the next trip.

Thats a bummer Lea

But think about all the lives your saving , I mean fish lives

That's too bad, Lea. A getaway is always so nice. But like cope says--that much more to look forward to.

Bummer! Sorry to hear that. We had to cancel our PK excursion due to weather and such. We are going to try again next weekend. We went to the State Fair instead.

Thank y'all for feelin' my pain, and making me laugh at the same time. That takes serious talent, peeps, and y'all are truly the best.

No point in dwelling on the bad stuff, but the good stuff is waaaaay . How cool? Ahem. Confirmed, a couple of days ago, we landed a plum of a contract with Texas Parks and Wildlife. Should be similar to the work we've been doing for TxDOT, and really, if they have us taggin' alligators, I don't care. Just show us the $$.

So like I said, some bad stuff, some good stuff. It all works out sometimes.


LL

Speaking of alligators, Pinta told me about the blond who went to Louisiana and was determined to get a pair of alligator shoes. After finding out how much they cost, she allowed that she would go shoot her own alligator for shoes. The shoe salesman told her to go ahead. Later that day the salesman is going home, goes by the swamp and there is the blond with a rifle standing in shallow water, about 7 alligators are laying dead on their backs on the bank. A large alligator is swimming toward the blond, she takes careful aim and shoots. She drags the dead alligator over to the bank, flips him over on to his back, looks skyward and shouts: "Oh hell, this one's barefoot too!"

Hope this helps make up for your missed trip.

Sorry that you can't go on vacation, Lea. What a bummer.

Here's a joke to make you feel better:

A young guy from Maine moves to Florida and goes to a big everything-under-one-roof department store looking for a job. The Manager says, 'Do you have any sales experience?' The kid says 'Yeah. I was a salesman back in Maine.'

Well, the boss liked the kid and gave him the job. 'You start tomorrow. I'll come down after we close and see how you did.'

His first day on the job was rough, but he got through it. After the store was locked up, the boss came down. 'How many customers bought something from you today?'

The kid says, 'One.'

The boss says, 'Just one? Our sales people average 20 to 30 customers a day. How much was the sale for?'

The kid says, '$101,237.65.'

The boss says, '$101,237.65? What the heck did you sell?'

The kid says, 'First, I sold him a small fish hook. Then I sold him a medium fishhook. Then I sold him a larger fishhook. Then I sold him a new fishing rod. Then I asked him where he was going fishing, and he said down the coast, so I told him he was going to need a boat, so we went down to the boat department, and I sold him a twin engine Chris Craft. Then he said he didn't think his Honda Civic would pull it, so I took him down to the automotive department and sold him that 4x4 Expedition.'

The boss said 'A guy came in here to buy a fish hook and you sold him a BOAT and a TRUCK?'

The kid said 'No, the guy came in here to buy Tampons for his wife, and I said, 'Dude, your weekend's shot, you should go fishing.'