"Fish, I love you and respect you very much. But I will kill
you dead before this day ends."
-Old Man in the Sea
Hemingway has a good point. Mr. Stingray, I don't wish you any harm. But if I have to be in the water with you, I prefer that you be dead.
BLEEP, BLEEP, BLEEPING BLEEP BLEEP!!!!!
(Mother Darling would kill me if I published the words that were going through my head!)
See, Mother Nature and I aren't very close. I do enjoy dining alfresco, walking through the park, and things of this "nature," but when it comes to creatures that can sting or bite… I'm outta there! I've never even been camping. (Does staying in an Airstream count? Probably not, since it had WIFI and satellite TV…)
But my traveling companions insist that I get up-close-and-personal with — gulp — a stingray.
So as I'm riding off to my date with death, I'm wearing my J. Crew tunic, Chloe sunnies, and a Eugenie Kim for Target hat.
See that pensive expression…
…it's actually fear.
That dark spot to the left of my toes… it's Mr. Stingray.
We are surrounded by tons of stingrays!!!
Ugh. It's time!?!?!?!
Insert Jaws theme…
Baby steps…
Ommmmmmm.
I am the walrus.
Sweet mother of pearl, I'm actually holding Mr. Stingray!!!! Fear has subsided.
I even give him a kiss!
Mood – Invincible
Song – "Float On" by Modest Mouse
Float On
Ps. Check out the cute Eugenia Kim hats for Target… I stocked up before my trip!