Like Mother, Like Daughter....

Trust me on this...
No four words in the Enlish language make me cringe more, when being told a story about my daughter.

Jordan had the good fortune to be invited down to her buddy's lake house over the holiday weekend.
The name of this playground is "Lake of the Ozarks" and I was younger than Jordie when I started to go most every weekend with my friend and her family.
Even in 5th grade, it quickly became clear to me that this was a Party place.
Me likey!

So when Jordie got home, sunburned to the bone, she had a zillion stories to share with us.
They rode the ski boat, partied on the Pontoon boat, raced ski-doos and caught major air tubing behind the boats. Fun, fun, fun in the sun.

Just as I thought she was wrapping up her stories about the lake, she blammed me with one more story. One I was clearly not ready for!

"We went to a bar called Big Dick's and I shot a minnow Mom!"
"Shot a minnow?" I questioned while (seriously) envisioning them shooting a 22 caliber rifle into the lake at unsuspecting minnows.

"No Mom, I had a shot glass of sprite with a live minnow swimming around in it. I shot it up and swallowed it, and slammed the glass back down on the table letting out a big howl, just like you and Aunt Tc taught me to drink my medicine when I was little!"

"Oh my God"... is all I could say. "What did the people around you do?"

"Well as soon as I opened my mouth and stuck out my tongue, the crowd went wild! High five's were everywhere, it was awesome!"

Now I would like to state for the record UNEQUIVOCALLY, that I have never swallowed a live minnow. Or any other fish for that matter. A worm yes, one time....but that was under duress. Which quickly turned to undressed. Yes it's true... tequila makes your clothes fall off!

Jordie doing shots, slammin them down and firing up the crowd.
Somehow I'm oddly OK with that.

But the first time I see a worm in that shotglass... all bets are off!
This time it will be Daddy with the 22 caliber rifle.
And them won't be minnows he's shootin at!
Run Forrest, Run!!!