April Fool's Day - Not feeling well - Staying in

We were awake before 5 am, had our morning beverages and did our language lessons then went downstairs where Mark had made oatmeal. Mark had arranged a fishing trip this morning with Kenny from across the street and several of his friends who were also involved in the iron mining industry in Minnesota. Kenny would be in Mark’s boat with us and his friends had their own boat. They would show Mark some of their favorite fishing locations in the area.

As the departure time neared, the less confident I became that I had the stamina for a 6–7-hour fishing trip. I felt like I was getting over whatever was bothering me this week but still wasn’t quite right. Mark left to pick up Kenny around 11 but I stayed upstairs and napped most of the morning. Mary and Cindy worked outside moving plants to areas where they might not be damaged when the house is lifted. They also relocated many monarch larvae to milkweed plants with more leaves.

We had deli ham sandwiches on sourdough with potato chips for lunch. Mary and Cindy showered after lunch then we all went out to run errands. We stopped by a gas station but saw prices had raised 40 cents overnight so we decided to put off filling up until later in the week. At Walmart we got a few grocery items and some postcards for the grandsons.

We returned to the house where I called Huntington Federal savings Bank and made arrangements for some banking to be done next week.

Mark and his neighbor, Kenny, returned around 6:30pm having caught only one fish in the seven hours that they fished. The others from their party in the other boat caught nothing as well. They reported that none of the boats that they observed appeared to be catching fish. Kenny filleted the 18-inch sea trout while Mark and I emptied the boat and rinsed seawater from the gear.

When we went inside, Cindy had warmed to the leftovers including the seafood from Stumpknockers for dinner. We found that the air fryer made the fish and seafood very crisp and delicious.

After dinner, Mark and I sat on the dock behind the house and used the leftover shrimp and cut bait to catch several catfish from the canal. My first cast produced a large cat that gave me a great fight.

We came in around 8:30 to shower, clean up and prepare for bed. I took what I hope was my last dose of Nyquil. We watched a few minutes of an old Johnny Carson show on Roku then turned in.