I have had many friends ask me when am I going to recap my past year. I will do so very soon. I apologize for taking so long. Perhaps, not having a midnight every Sunday deadline has enabled me to put off my Goldie 52 conclusion. I will wrap this up shortly.
Unexpectedly, I have had many "new things" happen this year. All were unplanned. It makes me wonder if I should have continued this adventure.
This year has barely started, yet has been memorable. If these events happened before December 31, 2009, I would have been carrying my camera around to document these unplanned calamities.
My headlines would be ... #1:It is getting a little Nutty in here! ... Two squirrels were loose in my house trashing and defecating all over my place. (Last year I would have run to fetch the camera instead of the trap). My brother ended up with an epic water boarding, trap escaping, Mano-e-Mano fight to the death with this beast.
#2: I can't drive 105! ... I have never been driving over 85 mph before (not including going 125+ while jumping out of an airplane) let alone 105! Not even in a car, yet alone a snowmobile ... twice! Praying that a little stone or log doesn't show up to give me an unexpected lift. It was very dangerous and very exhilarating!!
#3: Get out of the water NOW!! ... Saving someone was new and unplanned this year. Snowshoeing in the U.P. with three friends from work turned dangerous. While inspecting a Beaver Lodge, my buddy fell through the ice and the current grabbed him. My friend Dave and I quickly got on our stomachs and formed a human chain to pull him out. "Stay calm, stop wailing away with your arms, slowly take my hand..." Crazy stuff! He made it out a little cold, but safe. (Ironically, this very same friend saved my life about a year ago by performing the Heimlich maneuver on me at an upscale restaurant in New York, very Pay It Forward if you ask me!)
#4: Where the Heck are We!?! ... Getting lost and running out of fuel in the north woods. Trying to get back to the cabin by 3:30-4:00 and arriving past 7:00p.m. we ran out of gas, had to siphon gas from one tank to another. Became lost over and over again on the interlocking lakes of Upper Peninsula Michigan. Seeing nothing but darkness on the pitch black frozen lakes. Very stressful, yet comedic at the same time. Finally making it back for a stress-reducing cocktail and many stories of our separate lost snowmobile stories.
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