Getting prepared

So right now we (parents and I) are spending time and money getting me fully prepared to ship me off to Alaska. We snagged a sleeping bag today, and tomorrow I will probably finish up buying jeans that should be about the end of the shopping. After that we just need to make a lining for the sleeping bag and the preparations will be done (I think).

I fly out on May 15th. I'm really starting to get excited about it, especially after talking to Jonathan about it for a couple hours. It seems that I might be taking on the job of skiffman, rather than corkman. It seems that Jonathan might be taking up the duty of driving the big boat as well as tending the net, and if he does somebody will need to shift to driving the skiff. I guess that somebody might be me, but it's all still undecided now. I'll have to wait until I get up there to find out.

He also said that my cut of the earnings hasn't been decided on, but it should be by time I get up there. I assume it will be around 8-9% of the boat's total haul for the season. Hopefully I might even get up to 10%. Some are saying that the forecast for this fishing season is the best ever, so that extra percent could be a big difference. If the season pans out as predicted, I might be coming home with around $20,000. Hot damn.

The fishing season doesn't officially start until the 1st of June, so the first couple of weeks in Alaska will be filled with fixing the boat up. Fun stuff, as always. I won't be complaining though, because fixing a boat up in Alaska definitely beats fixing it up in Florida, namely because you don't sweat off 10 pounds fixing a boat in that Alaska weather.

Anyways, only 11 days until I get on the plane; I can't wait to get there.

-Jack