The bail out bros.

when i think back to a time in which i was faced with the decision to bail or not to bail, one incident comes to mind immediately, the one year i went out to my best friends cabin and we decided to go tubing. one day we were looking for something new and exciting to try out at his cabin, having been tubing and wake-boarding already we thought that would be a good place to start. after a few runs Justin had the genius idea to get the two smaller tubes and have tube wars at the same time versus each-other, so we went out and began our battles, not knowing of our impending doom. as we fought each other and tried to knock the other off of his tube and spray water in his face, but his father decided to create the wave to end all waves and then pull us through it- possibly sending us 20+ feet in the air to our watery defeat. knowing full well what was about to occur i moved away from Justin and went in for one more attack, an attack that would save us both. i launched myself over the wake towards him and jumped to tackle him off his tube, catching his chest with the blow of an hockey check we both went into the lake, seconds later we both see the tubes flipped over in the air and the boat tearing away from where we were. as it circled back i told Justin i got him good and that i won the wars. he accepted this ruse and i played it off as if i hadn't just bailed out and taken him with me to cover my back..

Blog #6 jb

Every time i think about little kids or excitement one memory comes to mind. when i was younger i had always wanted an Xbox gaming console. after sleeping over at a hockey friends house i discovered how badly i really wanted one. Later on in the year Christmas rolled around, and after raving about this Xbox all year long i knew i was going to get one. Christmas morning on that day was the most exciting day i can think of, waiting at the top of the stairs to go down to the tree and unwrap the gift of my dreams. after 30 minuets of ecstatic present opening a realization came to me.... i had one present left and hadn't seen the Xbox yet.
literally shaking with excitement i opened the gift and saw...you'd never guess... but an empty Xbox box..you can only imagine my disappointment when i looked at the insides of the box to see a note, it read "sorry we took your Xbox out and set it up downstairs..love mom and dad" i rushed over to them half laughing and half crying because i couldn't decide whether to be angry or overjoyed.  That is the most exciting moment i can remember from my childhood, and it always comes to mind when i am excited or around my cousins.