Never Had A Bad Day....

~I have never had a bad fishing~

Of all the profound things I could place on my death plaque, I've decided I'm going simple and easy. I say death plaque instead of gravestone, because I have no intention of ever being buried in the dirt. Dirt is where the worms are, and I'm quite certain my irrational fear of worms is so strong, so ironclad and soul ingrained, it will transfer in death. The thought of being trapped in a coffin thats rotting away to give the worms a new mansion and rotten flesh food, makes me seriously nauseous.

I made this official decision today while walking along the greenbelt that follows the local river to go flyfishing. I started noticing several trees and benches that had sweet little dedication plaques next to them and I paid attention for once. It's perfect: torch me, toss the ashes in the river and then buy a bench and slap a plaque next to it. Presto, I've left a mark on thy world to step on.

Fishing was the only choice I had today. After being terrorized Friday night by one said Brother and then last night, being terrorized again by something much smaller, completely out of control and just as sinister as my brother, I needed a mental break.

The thing is, although I've already mentioned I'm terrified of worms, I really am one of those 'tough' chicks. Meaning, minus the worm oddity, nothing really scares me. I fear nadda and have no problem hanging with the toughest of the tough. But last night one single little creature had me at my wits end. It terrorized me.

I had settled, naw, more like collapsed into bed. Given the week I've had dealing with certain 'said' things, sleep hasn't come easy and I was officially exhausted. I had closed my eyes, I was counting sweet sheep when I started hearing unusual noises. My girls are with their Dad this weekend, so I knew it had to be the pets. I tried, unsuccessfully to ignore them. The noises wouldn't stop. So finally got up and stomped out to the front room to give every single pet within sight a piece of my mind.

When I flipped on the light chaos broke out. Two cats instantly came flying out from somewhere chasing a single solitary mouse straight for me. If it had been a worm they were chasing, I would have screamed, ran out the front door and booked a hotel for the evening, but I figured I could handle one mouse. Besides,I had reinforcements. I have cats. I have a few cats. I won't admit the actual number here, because I'm not sure what number actually constitutes an 'official crazy cat lady' and I never wanted to be one of those.....so the point is---I had back up of pure feline mousing ability. Or so I thought.

Two hours. Thats right. Two hours, with every piece of furniture moved, over turned, tipped over and all out removed from the main hunting arena of the house. My cats would wait patiently each time this monster moved locations while I scooted, threw furniture and scared the little demon to a new location. Oh, the cats got hold of it every once in a while, but I discovered none of my lazy cats are true hunters, none possessed the killer chomp I was counting on. Sadly, I've accused each and every one of them as PETA versions of real cats. All they wanted to do with it was play, and that hissing mouse wanted nothing to do with that game.

Finally I took matters into my own frustrated hands, fired the cats without pay, and although I will spare this journal the details, I can say that little mouse finally dealt with someone who isn't of the PETA variety. Me.

This is why I needed to fish today. This is why I fished for hours and hours and didn't care that the only thing I could hook was icky white fish and the occasional moss bottom. It did not matter one single bit to me.

I finally had a glorious, beautiful day. Even if my 'said' brother came pounding on the door tonight, or another mouse invaded my home, I know when I go to sleep tonight I will be thinking of nothing but the beauty of the river and the peace I feel when I am casting my line across the water.

Today, it is all good.

~I have never had a bad day fishing ~