I'm officially on vacation! My chunky chum and I are heading out for camp this afternoon and we both are really excited !!!

I know many of you who know me have asked why I haven't been so active on CDC. It's nothing to do with a lot of changes that have gone on over the last year or anything I read or anyone said. So I have a short list of excuses:

1. Working my a$$ off for the last year and a half so if I had a day off I either had to do crap around the house or yard OR I just laid on the couch all day and did nothing. I had a few rare opportunities when I had nothing to do and fished a few times. This is not an excuse for congratulating more of you on your outings and fine catches but I didn't have much if anything for me to share with all of you.

2. I don't drink any more except for special occasions (like this weekend, I shall be consuming mass quantities of beer ) so I don't sit at my desk all night "BLAH BLAH BLAH" like I used to. I'm still the same fun guy I used to be I just remember what was so fun the next day

3. The forum has changed some, mostly with ALL the new people, I get on and there is so much new stuff going on with all you and the newer members I feel kinda lost.

I remember driving home from my first time to Missouri CDC spring camp about 4 years ago with tears in my eyes after I spent 4 days with some of the best people I ever met. Everyone did so much for me and I was genuinely touched by the kindness of many of you. I remember seeing all the big trucks and big boats and RV's and stuff and not jealous or envy, but thinking of all the time and $$ I wasted over the years on bad habits and lack of enthusiasm for life and I could have all those things and spend more time with people like that.
That brings me to where I am today. I am in the middle of a funk of figuring out who or what I really am, getting my life in order and lining up my priorities. I'm getting better, I guess it was a depression or something, regret, I'm not sure, So....

Many thanks to all you who have gone out of their way to show me a good time with fishing and fellowship over the past few years, I look forward to many more and I will try to participate more.

So to sum it all up, it's all your fault I am the way I am evolving now!
(Dang, excuses and blame! I think I might run for president!!)

I love all you guys and look forward to seeing you this weekend and some of the others I won't see, I hope to get out more and meet some more of you in the future!!
Anyway, I thought I would try to answer a question I'm going to get asked allot this weekend,

See you all at the lake (someday),
Quinn