Eagle River Part 1

Well, here I am, in our cabin, at the table, eating shredded wheat and drinking cherry Pepsi while on my dad's Blackberry. And because I'm using email to blogger, you'll have to excuse my spelling. Anyway, we left Wheaton at 8:52 AM and arrived at 3 or 3:30. I can't remember because I wasn't looking at my watch. The trip was uneventful, and I listened to an audiobook (Born to Run) the entire ride there, so I had fun. We got ourselves situated and everyone went to the dock to swim. I hung back and looked for other ways to keep myself busy. Later, we went tubing and I convinced myself to go, simply on the basis that I had done it before and so would not die. Needless to say, I had fun and did not die. We went nice and smoothly, staying in the wake, but we still hit our share of bumps and water jetting into our faces (it was a four seater thing you sit in). Later, some of us tried (and some of us failed) to water ski. I was in both categories, but I applauded myself for trying. I had a lot of trouble getting my skis on and was getting really cold, so I only tried once. I'm probably going to try later this week (we'll be here until Saturday morning). We also had some excellent pizzas made for us, though the cheese fell off way to easily. Later, we made s'mores with gigantic marshmallows and they were awesome. After that, retreated back to the cabin and continued listening to my story late into the night. Even after I turned it off it took a long time to get to bed, but that's normal for first night's sleep anywhere new. So that brings us to the present, where I will now relax and listen to my story more until it warms up more and we actually know what we're doing today. Apparently, we might go to Lake Superior later in the week, so that should be a blast.

First Blog Post

Well, I've finally done it!....again. After a previous failed attempt at creating a blog, or rather, a website that I was able to update with my thoughts, I was quite leery of making one, especially considering that I would have to deal with pretty much no one reading it. Add to the fact that I am not the kind of person to share my thoughts with the world, and you have one quite hesitant blogger. However, I realized that so often I have so many thoughts and no where to put them. I've attempted journaling (How is that not a word?) a couple times, but never got consistent. This also happens to be one of my fears, as I hope I will be able to continue this for years to come and not have it fizzle out after a few weeks (or days).

So, this blog, as the title and subtitle explain, is simply my thoughts as they happen to pop into my head. I am an organized person, but this is certainly not meant to be. It is meant to be unlimited by topic or anything for that matter. It also is from the perspective of a person with a quite ordinary life. While I do not consider myself an ordinary person, the life that I live is. So if you also expect blog posts concerning recent trips to Brazil, Bulgaria, or anywhere outside of the Continental US, look elsewhere or be quite disappointed.

Well, that's about it for the moment, I still have some setup work to do.

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