Appropriate Appreciation

This past weekend I took quite a risk and agreed to go fishing. Relying heavily on friends to supply me with necessary things (waders, fishing poles, bait, a boat...ya know common items), I rode 2.5 hours up to Baldwin late Friday night to a friend's cabin. Slept a few hours into the morning and then began to pile on layer...upon layer... upon layer of clothing. Pants, long-johns, waders, underarmour, patagonia layers, sweatshirts.... hats, gloves. The list could extend the length of this post.
I was sure to document -- since I knew nobody would believe me that I actually wore waders...and actually went fishing.

We arrived on the PM (Pere Marquette -- for those of you who don't fish .... me) and began the adventure.

I managed to land myself a wee little rainbow trout -- which I proudly boasted to anyone who would listen. 

After 8 long hours of floating the river -- I'd lost feeling in my finger and we'd all gone a little bit Castaway -- If there'd been a volleyball around -- we may have befriended it.

Overall, it's a new experience that offers up many new stories to share and laugh over -- which is worthwhile for me!








To wrap up this post -- and stick to the title theme -- I wanted to showcase and highlight that today was Joe/Willie Appreciation Day! We showed our gratitude for CMS's favorite custodians by making banners, cards and treats for our favorite guys!
Rm. 702 made a whole stack of cards that were scattered throughout Joe's day and I made a class card to post on his door.  Just a little thanks for keeping our school looking snazzy!

-T