I spent today, my last day, putting up rain gutters and siding on a chicken coop all day with my grandpa. It was wonderful. Not only have I accomplished doing pull-ups this summer, I can now operate a nail gun, a John Deere Tractor, a riding lawn mower, a weed wacker, a power saw and can get a boat on and off its trailer. Basically there is nothing I can't do.
Today offered perfect anecdotes to top off my summer in Spearfish.
First of all, my grandpa almost electrocuted a duck and then I got in trouble for telling my grandma and Jackie about it. He accidentally tossed a cord into the duck's pond (little kid swimming pool) and luckily the duck scurried out quick enough.
When we finally quit for the day after about ten hours at it my grandpa put on clean clothes which included bermuda-length denim shorts. He spent all of Sunday hemming his pants but he got one pair too short so he just shortened them even more to be quite jaunty bermudas.
Then we were all looking online at a horse Jackie may buy. She questioned whether it was narcissistic being named Jackie to name her horse Jack. I say it's a great idea. She has found a beautiful gray horse and horses named Jackie Bee and Tee J Jackie Leola are in its lineage. She is obviously meant to have this horse. A horse by the name of Miss Boni Britches is also in its lineage which I think is symbolic for Brytten and again Jackie is obviously supposed to have this horse. I then asked my grandpa what he would name a horse if he had one. His response? Hi Ho Paint, Let's Get Where We Ain't
I about died laughing.
This morning John and I went to our last Barefoot Fitness workout together for the summer. It was kinda sad doing my last kettlebell swings with him. My friend Alan and I were Skyping a couple weeks ago and he asked me what the highlight of my summer has been. I could easily list off a hundred highlights but one that truly stands out is all the time I spent with John and the awesome things we did together particularly all of our hiking and backpacking in the Bighorns.
This summer was truly wonderful.
Jackie made me laugh so hard I snorted way too many times to count. She also made me spend too much money! She is basically one of the funniest people I know. Tonight we figured out that I had a s'more nearly every night this summer except for a week after Birdie died because I was too sad. That equates to about 79 s'mores. Holy Shit.
I absolutely loved working at the fish hatchery and developed wonderful relationships with the summer volunteers and my boss. Last Friday night we had a potluck and bonfire to say goodbye to my boss, Renae and the first volunteers to leave. When I was saying goodbye to my favorite couple, Belinda and Lee, they both hugged me and said that it was like having their daughter with them for the summer. My boss gave me a D.C. Booth Fish Hatchery mug that is everything a coffee cup should be and turquoise, beaded, fish-shaped earrings. I love that I was able to create great friendships with the people I worked with for only three months.
Sam, Camille and I had a grand old time this summer and I love that I got to take them to a water park for the first time and share in their first marshmallow-roasting experience!
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| Getting ready to go fishing and Camille is being a fart-blossom |
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| Love her! |
Spearfish has always been my favorite place in the world and this summer solidified that view even more.
I have loved writing this blog and although it is titled "Good at Summer" I will continue it into the school year because hell, I can be good at summer all year long! And I always have something to say.
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| I spent a portion of every day in one of these this summer! |
My theme for this summer and all summers is self-discovery and here it is: I am good at summer and good at being Sanna Joy.
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