The Lock's First Time

On May 1st we were talking about our firsts...first love, first concert, first cigarette etc... well tack this one on to the list for me...First Blog.

When the idea for this blog came about I was totally excited about the new edition to Bobs Breakfast. But as my time to prepare one approached I found myself struggling to figure out what I was gonna put here. Not for lack of material but because there is so much I wanna get out there, its the editing down part I struggle with.

Under the circumstances where better place to begin than with the recent May 1 - 9 looooong weekend. Mine began In Sydneham at a buddies cottage where people come in from all over Eastern Ontario for the Annual Cottage Opening Party. There is nothing like turning off the cellphone and not even looking at a clock...what time is it? Day time or Night Time thats all you need to know at the cottage.

Arrived Friday Night Time... and within the first half hour Tent was up and the fire was licking 4 ft in the air nothing too crazy to start, the weekend is still very young.

Didn't sleep until Daytime Saturday and as the Sun rose on Saturday Morning the lake was like a sheet of glass just begging for a line to be thrown in sending a rippling effect across the lake. By this point only 4 people remained awake and after an hour of debating WHO was going to get the rods a decision was reached. When they finally got there one of the hooks was caught in the pocket of a friends pants and while trying to get it out...the hook soooo rusted broke in half, we are now down to one rod. Thats OK we can share the one. The first cast goes out and it wasnt the greatest especially finding itself... SNAGGED ON A ROCK!!! We were forced to break the line and that was it bed time.

Slept just enough to keep going for at least another Day/Night plus it was tough to keep warm despite the several layers i had to sleep in. More people began arriving Saturday and with that the tent city began to grow considerably. The Day was filled with ridiculous shenanigans but the weather was great, far better than expected or that had been reported. Until what felt like midafternoon then out of nowhere the sky opened up and down came the rain and it quickly turned into an episode of survivor everyone began constructing a tarp city to accompany our tent city. The tarps even withstood a pretty impressive thunderstorm that hit Saturday but no matter what, you look around all the people and everyone still smiling!!!

Saturday Night time was as to be expected, most of us have to been to wild cottage parties before so I will leave the details to your imagination...

Sunday Daytime was interesting because after two days in the bush 4 carloads headed into Kingston for Breakfast at a fairly reputable and busy breakfast establishment. We walked in and were quickly escorted to the backroom of the restaurant...can you blame them really... Breakfast was amazing and just what the doctor ordered.

Once we got back to the Cottage time to pack up and make the trip home which is both a downer because it will be another year before many of us cross paths again but welcomed because i'm dying for a shower and a bed.

I have now been in Ottawa for a couple days and as you may have noticed I was not around today, figured I need that extra day off just to make sure I am fighting form for tomorrow morning.

But I assume this morning there was a Good, Bad, Whatever... and there was ALOT to Choose from this weekend but here we go...

GOOD: Going into the bush for the Annual Cottage Opening Party

BAD: (Tough One) Trying to cook hotdogs on a stick over the fire and dropping 5 in a row!! Devastating

Whatever: The Cold, didn't really notice it too much just soooo happy to be at the cottage. OR Canada Losing to Russia at the IIHF.

Well I will be taking off from Ottawa momentarily looking foward to Wednesday... We have a HUGE show including Mythstoppers and a HUGE CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT.

Laters!!!

~The Lock~