noblegas

Okay here's the deal. It's Labor Day Weekend here in the states and I'd been planning on making a run out to East Texas to pick up my bass boat from my parent's house so I could do a little bit of fishing over the extended weekend. FYI, since the community consist of folks from all over the world.....Labor Day is basically just another excuse for Americans to sit around all day drinking beer and eating bar-b-q while not having to go to work and thus getting fatter in the process. Anyhow real life happened and my grandfather passed away Saturday night. He and I lived in the same town so my mom (it was her dad) is already out here and my dad will be here Monday. Not really looking for an outpouring of sympathy or anything of that sort. Am I a bit bummed? Yes, but we weren't particularly close and at 95 years old we all saw it coming. I'm trying to be supportive and all but the funeral isn't until Wednesday morning and well, there really isn't much I can do so I'm kind of wanting to take my kayak out to one of the smaller lakes out here in the West Texas area and do a little bit of fishing regardless of the whole mess. A low pressure weather system moved in yesterday which means that the bass fishing even out here is going to be fan-fucking-tastic. Would that be in completely poor taste? I mean it's not like I'm trying to sneak halfway across the state so that I can take my actual boat out. Like if I say it's a grief coping mechanism or something? The gist of it is that I'd put in the the vacation days back in early-July and while I'll be there front and center doing what I need to do on Weds morning I'm not feeling particularly obligated to spend my weekend hanging around with a bunch of aunts, uncles, and cousins (most of whom I don't particularly like) wearing a sad face. Fuck that, I wanna go fishing. Does that make me a terrible person?