Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Hello!
I just wanted to touch base with everyone really quickly. This upcoming week will be my last week of my first semester as a college student. While that is exciting, it also means.. finals. It won't be too stressful, but I wanted to let you know. Since there are so many study guides and papers to write, I apologize if the post set for Thursday is late. I'm working on it, but please understand that my grades take priority today. I'm going to try my absolute best to make sure it's up at some point this coming Thursday though. And trust me, it's a good story. I actually wasn't #backontheyak for this one... (dun dun dun) and there's a special guest!
Also, this week had a milestone for the blog. 4,000 views!! Thank you to all of my dedicated readers! I appreciate your kindness and devotion more than you know. To celebrate this accomplishment and to make up for the possibility of a delay, I have created a new page called The Crew. You can find the tab for it right next to The Gallery tab in the upper left hand corner of the blog. If you haven't been to The Gallery, I suggest you do so, there are a ton of pictures from all of my kayaking escapades (uploaded as posts are). The Crew is a compilation of bios and fun facts about every person who has been featured on the blog. Everyone, from the more common faces like Sarah Anne, to the rare birds like Graham, has something written about them.
Thank you all for your understanding. Here's to thousands more views from readers just as awesome as you! :)
Jillianne
#backontheyak
P.S. A reminder to send hope to all who were impacted by the earthquake in Nepal. For those of you who would like to send more than hope, here is a link to donate.
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Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Friday, August 15, 2014
An Angelfish Among Fish
I'm not going to complain about getting the kayaks on and off the car, or the dragonflies filling the air, or even the heat. I'm too grateful and blinded by the fact that I actually got my angelfish, Patrick, to go kayaking with me. Sure, he listened to podcasts about League of Legends for a majority of the time, but whatever.
We pull up to the same ole house and I, with Patty watching, unstrap the yaks and place them in the water. I toss him a life vest and he begins to snap it on before I ask, "You're going with your shirt? Or are you going to go rogue and take it off?"
He blushes and quietly says, "Okay."
"I was just asking!" I laugh, "Trea always takes his off, so I don't know. You can leave it on."
"No, I'll take it off," he motions for me to turn around.
"Big baby," I grumble.
"What was that?" he laughed.
I turn back around, his shirt was off and life vest was on, "Nothing," I say with a big grin, "let's go."
After what felt like hours, my RunKeeper app notified us that we were traveling 1 mile every 37 minutes. When I heard this, I couldn't help from laughing.
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! COMING IN AT A WHOPPING SPEED OF 34 MINUTES PER MILE, THE LIGHTNING FAST.... PATRICK!!!" I shout out to all of the surrounding homes.
Patrick glides past me in his kayak, lips pursed, "Okay, you're gonna need to stop."
"Stop?" I throw my hands up to my cheeks, "You mean we've actually been moving this whole time?" I laugh at my own joke, Patty continues down the way, unamused.
The sun was beginning to go down, creating a golden haze all around us. I snap a few pictures of Patty with sun beans coming in from behind him as we make our way to the golf course and float around in between two holes. I then start to paddle my way over to the shallow grassy part of the waters.
"What are you doing?" Patty asks.
"Fishing out a golf ball. Would you like one, angelfish?"
"Absolutely not. That's stealing, I'm not going to be a felon," he paddles away from me, "I'm going to stay over here. Completely unaffiliated with you."
"Whatever," I mumble as I pull a pink golf ball out of the muddy ground, keeping an eye out for any snakes, "I'm getting you one anyway."
After a while, I pause to take a picture of the setting sun, and a tuckered Patty again glides past me saying, "That's it, leisurely. Nice and slow. Leisurely pace. The world already moves so fast, why make it go faster?" He turns around and says to me, "You know, the turtle did win that race."
Distance 3.78 miles
Time 2:07:11
Min/Mile 33:38
Calories 467
We pull up to the same ole house and I, with Patty watching, unstrap the yaks and place them in the water. I toss him a life vest and he begins to snap it on before I ask, "You're going with your shirt? Or are you going to go rogue and take it off?"
He blushes and quietly says, "Okay."
"I was just asking!" I laugh, "Trea always takes his off, so I don't know. You can leave it on."
"No, I'll take it off," he motions for me to turn around.
"Big baby," I grumble.
"What was that?" he laughed.
I turn back around, his shirt was off and life vest was on, "Nothing," I say with a big grin, "let's go."
After what felt like hours, my RunKeeper app notified us that we were traveling 1 mile every 37 minutes. When I heard this, I couldn't help from laughing.
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! COMING IN AT A WHOPPING SPEED OF 34 MINUTES PER MILE, THE LIGHTNING FAST.... PATRICK!!!" I shout out to all of the surrounding homes.
Patrick glides past me in his kayak, lips pursed, "Okay, you're gonna need to stop."
"Stop?" I throw my hands up to my cheeks, "You mean we've actually been moving this whole time?" I laugh at my own joke, Patty continues down the way, unamused.
The sun was beginning to go down, creating a golden haze all around us. I snap a few pictures of Patty with sun beans coming in from behind him as we make our way to the golf course and float around in between two holes. I then start to paddle my way over to the shallow grassy part of the waters.
"What are you doing?" Patty asks.
"Fishing out a golf ball. Would you like one, angelfish?"
"Absolutely not. That's stealing, I'm not going to be a felon," he paddles away from me, "I'm going to stay over here. Completely unaffiliated with you."
"Whatever," I mumble as I pull a pink golf ball out of the muddy ground, keeping an eye out for any snakes, "I'm getting you one anyway."
After a while, I pause to take a picture of the setting sun, and a tuckered Patty again glides past me saying, "That's it, leisurely. Nice and slow. Leisurely pace. The world already moves so fast, why make it go faster?" He turns around and says to me, "You know, the turtle did win that race."
Distance 3.78 miles
Time 2:07:11
Min/Mile 33:38
Calories 467
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