June 2nd, 2005
That day started off like any other. Not to make any observations but my routine seemed to be turning into a nightmare each day. I promised myself that I would do something different when I woke up each day. The water sparkled in the sun's rays. As I looked into it I saw an alligator float by.
I muttered slowly, "You feeling what I'm feeling?"
"Worse kid, I feel a lot worse then you."
I nodded and sat down and watched the alligator come up beside me.
"The name's Jack mate, I know you're frustrated with having no home right now."
"It's worse then that…it's just the feeling of being alone."
"Don't give it much thought kid, if you need a friend I'm here for you."
"Yea…well would you mind giving me some advice on how to build a hut then?"
He laughed slowly and walked up to where the pieces of wood that I had got in so far.
"It looks like all you really need to do is tie the wood together with some vines from the forest. Other than that you don't really need to worry at all." He said.
I sighed and walked back towards the water.
"Kid it isn't going to do you any good to just sit around all day; you must be productive at least."
"Ok first of my entire name is Brian; secondly it's hard to be productive when your mind is somewhere else!"
He shook his head and explained that being productive is more about finding something to do and not just thinking of what to do.
"You must put yourself in a situation that's just like yours! You must show people that you can survive on your own! You must be victorious!"
"Ok? And if I'm not victorious?"
"I don't know, I didn't think I'd have to say that."
I gave out a hard laugh and went back to where the pieces of wood lay, "I may not be good at building but at least I'm going to try to put up something that looks close to a hut!"
"That's the spirit kid! I'll be here beside you the whole way!"
And indeed he was for the rest of the day.
"Hey kid let's take a break for some dinner! You've earned yourself a hot feast, and I'm getting the food baby!"
I was glad that I didn't have to worry about getting into the water everyday just to get some fish or crab. He was able to get baby sharks and whole size lobsters.
"Have you tasted fresh lobster before?" he asked.
"Nah, even when I went to red lobsters I never had it."
"What's a Red Lobsters?"
"Eh it's a restaurant."
"Well what's a restaurant?"
"Somewhere you go to have food when you're too lazy to cook."
"Oh, got it!"
I nodded my head and waited for him to fish something out. As I lay there my mind started drifting off and I hadn't realized that I was so tired that I collapsed right there in the sand sleeping peacefully.
Jack didn't see this until he had already got the food. He poked me several times with the lobster but figured I was sleeping. "Sweet dreams kid, I'll see you in the morning."