Chapter 241

• I went towards the tree line, and noticed immediately that the remaining berries I had left, were all either gone or smashed, leaving me with nothing to eat. DAMN IT! I should have been smarter, and put them in with me in the plane. Some animals or that parrot must have had a nice feast at my expense. Now, I was hungry again, with no more berries. I set back out for the grassy clearing and that pond again. There were a few berries left, but that supply wouldn't last.
• I looked at the fish swimming about, and decided to try my hand at fishing by hand. It took a long time actually. I stood there like an idiot forever, waiting for one to swim near me. What the fuck was I thinking? A fish was just going to swim right into my hands and let me pick it up out of the water? My judgement skills were apparently still lacking, and made my mind wander back to events of the last few years.
• Perhaps if I had retired earlier, none of this mess would have happened. We had often talked about both retiring early, and just going traveling. I sighed deeply, thinking of a future that no longer existed.