Five minute freewrite by @myjob
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We will not be catching any more sailcats. My husband picked up our check today and the price dropped from .75 cents to .50 cents. They are no longer worth catching. We thought we were still getting .75, we had 574 pounds in for the week which would be $430.50, we got .50 that is $287.00. Not each that is the total for 2 people working their asses off. This is what we do to catch them. We have to buy squid to bait the pigfish traps, run the pigfish traps, catch bait for the crab traps, run the crab traps, fight to stay afloat with the wind and big yacht waves, sit in the rain, run from thunderstorms, buy gas to run two boats. It is just not worth it. After expenses, we might have $200.00 left. I feel like we have been hacked, or robbed. The bad thing is we have 800 pounds in already for the next week, they pay a week behind.
How did fishing come to this? Last year we were catching trout at $3.00 a pound and Pompano at $6.00 a pound to now catching sailcats for .50 cents. I am just shaking my head.
Today my husband sold 5 areca palms and he made $125.00 it is crazy he made half of what we both made for a week's work. It would be nice if we could just sell them but we do not have many and they still need to grow, most people want them at least 5 to 6 feet planted height.
It takes 3 years to get them that big. It will be this fall before they are big enough. But like this time the person did not care that they are 4 to 5 feet.
I was finally able to burn the brush and weeds that I have been collecting. I have not burned anything because it had been very dry, until the last 2 days walking on the grass was like walking on broken glass, it would crackle under my feet.
My blood pressure was very low today and I felt exhausted, it was all I could do to put the brush in the burn barrel. That sounds crazy but it kicked my ass. I took my pressure when I came inside, it was 93/53 my pulse was 115. After I was finished burning I came inside and took it again it was 65/53 pulse 107. Now I am thinking these pills are making it too low.
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Your blood pressure is too low ... add a bit more salt to your diet, and watch your potassium levels ... that too may be too low, and THAT will not only exhaust you, but is more serious ...
I thought that it was too low, it goes from very low one day to high the next. I do not know if they checked my potassium. I will ask them tomorrow. Thank you.
You're welcome ... we need you alive and well around here, and YOU need you alive and well EVERYWHERE!
thank you, I don't plan on going anywhere.