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June 18


Bucket lists are important to life. In my life I have a few bucket list items. I have been so fortunate the last few years to actually scratch a few off my list. Nic is also working on his bucket list. The differences between our lists are stark. 

I would like to go to Vietnam and crawl in tunnels of the Vietcong and write a book. 

Nic is really excited to see native fish in their habitat. 

Both are equally hard. Nic's might actually be harder than mine. It is just that mine sound really exciting (to me). One of my bucket list things has been to see an actual whale. Technically I saw the lump of a whale in California a couple of years ago and counted it. However, I really, really want to see a big ass whale just swim up and be my friend and wave her flipper at me.

It turns out that Dan, Mae, Myself, and Nic (After he is some kind of fast bird - a peregrine falcon) are all planning to be whales in our next lives. My plan was for us to go out on a boat and imprint on a whale to help in the process.  Nic likes to look at water that contains fish. I like to check off boxes on lists - especially the bucket list.

It turns out whale watching is a LOT like fish watching. You go to the water and stare at it hoping to see something. Let me be clear, this is not what I expected. I expected my soul mate whales to jump up and greet me. I expected eye contact and a deep spiritual connection. I did not expect the activity that I do fairly regularly except this time on the ocean.

Dan and I did all of the things to prepare. We drank our coffee out of aquatically themed cups. I mentally prepared the whales for my arrival through telepathy. We had several good omens. Like:






See all of our positive energy?


The ocean is deep and I think the whales were tired because they missed the message.

Because we saw zero whales.



We were cold and kind of bummed.


We did see a basking shark. In fact, I think the shark and I had a moment - which means that I think that I am now destined to be a basking shark in my next life. It could be worse. But I was really hoping to be a whale. 

We also saw a lot of lovely dolphins who did jump and bounce be adorable. 

Once I really wrapped my head around whale watching, I really embraced it. So much so that as we returned to harbor I saw George W. Bush pulling weeds in his fancy garden through the binoculars. Am I positive it was Mr. Bush? No. Was it an old white guy? Yes. Was he in shorts in the Bush's garden pulling weeds? Yes. The obvious conclusion here is that Mr. Bush imprinted on me and is trying to be me in HIS next life, which is the worst possible scenario. Well, maybe not the worst, but close.




Dan and I decided that I will simply have to come back and complete the whale imprinting process as soon as possible. We headed to the nearest Irish pub to wash down my fears around my Bush encounter and to send positive energy to my bucket list.

We rounded out our whale of a day with some good home-cooked pasta, great company and maybe too much wine. But who is counting?

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