Downshift

The last few weeks have really been a whirlwind, as you can tell from my last post, but I've finally reached a bit of a lull in the action and I'm pretty thankful for it. Keeping busy is great, especially when I look back at all the time I wasted last year, and I hope that I can keep being sociable while learning and getting things accomplished. At the same time, everything has been moving a little too fast for me and I need a minute to 'catch my breath'.

Last weekend I did the whole fishing thing on the first day of trout season. Jay and all those Birdsboro boys are real pros at that shit, and my skills paled in comparison. Trout fishing is way different than what I've been used to, since you try to cast a tiny, light weight hook with a little food on it upstream of a trout (that you usually have to spot), and maneuver it so it drifts right in front of the target. Needless to say, it's a hard thing to do and I was fairly unsuccessful at it (in a "didn't catch any" sort of way). But it was fun getting outside for a day and hiking out in the wild with a bunch of good guys to hang with, so I have no complaints. In fact, I'll probably try to go again with them in the next week or so.

Aside from classes, all that's happen since the fishing excursion has involved the family. My uncle Keith, his family, and my Grandma came down for Easter. I've gone to see a few more of my brothers' baseball games (gotta support the 'boys), and actually I met Mike's girlfriend which was kind of funny. And then today I met my sister at some pasta place in the city for lunch: she had a fieldtrip for her major to Philadelphia and went to eat after they did what they needed to do. Her and her hot friend didn't get to hang around for long (the group had to head back to Lockhaven right after eating) but it was still something to kill the boredom.

So what lays ahead of me? Not much right now. School work is essentially done for a couple of days, and I don't have any major plans for this weekend like I have for the last few. I foresee some "hanging around", sprinkled with a little "sleeping in late" in my future. Maybe I'll call around to see what everyone is up to, or maybe I'll just say "fuck it."