Monday, August 23, 2010

Islamorada: where a kid can be a kid

~ok so maybe not quite fully a kid but being down here brings me back to a time where things in life were so easy i guess. soon our adventure will come to an end so i keep thinking of all the awesome things that i might never get to experience again. tonight for instance, the boat did not have enough ppl for a 2 mate trip at work so i got to come home early. but i came home to go fishing in the marina at night. and while fishing i just thought to myself how great this is. it felt like i was a little kid fishing in a pond. but better yet i was fishing in salt water with the possibility of catching mangrove snappers, tarpon, barracuda, and shark. and just walking around down here seeing the lizards makes me smile. every night when i work late as im clocking out i see the same 2 geckos hanging out by a spot light that lights up the ticket booth. and each time i see them my heart hurts a bit because i know when i/we go home there will be no lizards, geckos, tarpons, palm trees, sunshine, or a bass pro shop.!! today i was suppose to work the afternoon trip as well and it ended up being a one mater so i went out fishing, and man im gonna miss having that ability. all the mates talk to me like i will be here in the fall so they tell me what will happen come fall. things like what fish will bite, what rigs/set ups to use. and again my heart hurts cause i will not be here. we have made a few friends, a few of them great, and another few i wish we could get closer to but we are leaving so it makes it harder. for me there is a mate that i work at night a lot with, his name is tony. and he is a pretty cool guy, older than me but we seem to have a similar work ethic so we connect real well.. this guy has a commercial fishing license for yellow tail snapper and stone crab. so he keeps mentioning how he wants me to come out and help him when the seasons start. and again it sucks cause i wont be here. if you havent figured it out its going to be hard to leave this place. and yeah anyone can say oh well you can just move back here. and well yeah thats true but ehh i dont feel like it will be the same. its so surreal to have moved down here and accomplished all our goals. being a mate is def a dream come true. so would that ever happen again, nor will it ever really pay all the bills once we are completely on our own? while being a mate is not as fun as i thought it would always be, shittt it beats stocking produce or being a part of the rat race back home. danielle and i are getting along well, and living together and making it happen is a feat in its own and an adventure all in itself. and lets not forget while dani had no major goals but to live it up our 3 months down here, she too found a job and actually seems to be enjoying it, not that i ever doubted that she wouldnt. she has a job as a waitress serving tables in the marina where i work. and the tips for her are often way better than my tips. she has been doing such a great job that she even made the website where ppl go and review robbies or the resturant, and they mentioned her by name for her great service... "what a great experience" click there and scroll down to about the 4th comment and it mentions danielle. although it says daniela, but there is no daniela therefor we know its my very own dani...

with all that said i dont want it to make it sound like there isnt anything to come home for, cause there is, from family, friends, and pets. but i have been thinking what i will do when i/we get home. and man the snow better hit hard and early. the snow is the only thing that might keep my mind from wandering back to this amazing place called the florida keys. where in room 311 of summer seas i lived life to the fullest. where i was a mate on a fishing boat, and got to go fishing all but everyday of my life. better yet where me and the girl of my dreams got to fish every day and make memories that will no doubt last a lifetime....


ohh the "keys disease"!