Sep 25, 2019
Ashlie: (00:18)
Welcome back to another episode of tactical living by LEO Warriors.
I'm your host, Ashlie Walton
Clint:
And I'm your co-host Clint Walton.
Ashlie:
In today's episode, I want to talk about how finding commodity
in the most unlikely of places can really change your outlook on
things. So just sit back, relax and enjoy today's content. Clinton,
I were afforded the opportunity to enjoy a two and a half day
fishing trip with a boat full of police officers this past weekend.
We are still exhausted. We're actually finding it a little
difficult to get back into our normal work routine that we're used
to, but something I was thinking about.
Ashlie: (01:09)
It's a moment that happened on the boat that I'll probably never
forget. Clint and I have gone fishing several times and I've never
once gotten sick when we're in the middle of the ocean. Actually,
the only time was when we took a cruise, coincidentally enough, but
bobbing up and down in the middle of the ocean on a smaller boat
has never been an issue for me. We were a little bit worried on
this trip because there were several people that we've never gone
out with before and we were worried that they were going to get
sick. Something happened that first night and the captain told me
that this was a slow rocking boat and that the experience was a
little bit different than most of the other boats that we've been
on and almost immediately getting onto that boat. I knew that I
didn't feel right
Ashlie: (02:10)
We had this amazing raffle. There was some really cool prizes and I
think that that energy sort of took my mind off of feeling sick. We
ate a fish taco and as soon as I ate it, it was one of those things
where you know when you're going to get food poisoning, you just
don't quite feel right about what's being introduced into your
body. Your body is literally not accepting it. Maybe you eat it
anyways. You eat the whole thing, you eat some of it. Well, that's
what happened to me. As I'm telling you this, I'm recounting it. I
literally am feeling nauseous. Just thinking about the fact of ever
eating a fish taco again. I don't know if there was something wrong
with this fish taco or what the deal was, but that sort of set it
off for me and ever since
Ashlie: (02:59)
In that moment, I just tried to make myself sick because I knew
that was the only thing that was going to make me feel better.
Sorry if that's a little graphic, but that's how it is on the boat.
Ashlie: (03:11)
so we go out to the back of the boat. Mind you, I'm the only girl
surrounded by a bunch of men, men who are like egging you on to get
sick to be honest with you. And I wasn't quite there. I tried to
like think of things to make myself sick.
Clint: (03:29)
It's funny that you're talking about this because I remember
standing back there with you and I see just one of my partners run
out from the galley and just puke over the side
Ashlie: (03:41)
And that's what I'm getting at. So we're on the side of the boat
and one of cleanse old partners. He is notorious for getting sick
on these trips all the time. So when he comes out there I'm like,
okay cool. Like he's going to puke and if I just watch him puke
it's gonna make me sick and then like I'll be fine. So I'm waiting
for it to happen. And then another one at cleanse partners comes
and all three of us are like hanging over the rails. K they're
about to get sick, but I'm just waiting for them to get sick so
that I can like do my thing and be done with it.
Ashlie: (04:19)
And then one of the other guys on the boat comes and stands behind
all of us. He might've had a little bit too much to drink. He is
literally ageing all three of us on to get sick. Like just telling
us just to let it go and like you'll be fine after like come on
guys. Like he couldn't wait for us to just get sick. And
Ashlie: (04:43)
I'm sure that, I'm sure that out of like the pure enjoyment of
that, like the rest of the boat, well I didn't even pay attention
to them but I'm thinking about it now. They, they must've been
laughing their asses off just watching this take place and so we
all were staring at each other like it was the weirdest thing
because I remember it's pitch dark. There is a light on the boat so
that's the only light we can use to see one another in all three of
us are like looking over at one another and for me I'm like Shit,
I'm actually like the last person in the very back of the boat.
Maybe this wasn't the best place for me to stand because the other
two are next to me, like directly to my left and I just hear, I
just hear just going off just telling us to just like go, go,
go.
Ashlie: (05:32)
And then finally the guy in the middle starts to throw up and I'm
like, okay, great. Like, well I'm just going to watch him. I'm
literally just staring at him, trying to throw up. But the guy is
in the back like jumping with excitement like so, so happy that
that this guy is just puking all over the side of the boat. And
then I'm looking at guy number one and he's staring at me and could
tell he's like trying to hold it back and like maybe he was also
waiting for me to get sick. But having already in back of me, it
was so funny that like my nausea went away. Like I still didn't
feel good but like that whole terribly, you know like the whole
saliva build up in your mouth sort of deal like that went away just
out of pure humor.
Ashlie: (06:20)
And then finally guy number one pukes and then other guy is going
crazy. Like it's some big party and then they're all looking at me
like waiting for me to just puke. And I was just like just, I was
just too into this guy and his excitement for what was happening
that that just didn't happen for me at that time. And something
happened in that moment of like the, the most pure vulnerability.
Like, if you've never been out on a boat when you feel sick, like
it's probably difficult to understand. But that is the worst
feeling I think I've ever experienced physically in my entire life
is to be sick on a boat. Like you want nothing more than to just
like shoot me now, let it be done with like, cause there's nothing
you can do. The boat's not gonna turn around. Like a helicopter
isn't coming to save you.
Ashlie: (07:12)
Like you're going to have to tough this out. And mind you, this was
just on a Thursday. We weren't coming home until Sunday, so I still
felt sick and I didn't, I didn't get the opportunity to throw up
that night. So I went to bed and luckily the next morning I was
able to like get sick and then I felt completely fine for the rest
of the trip. But the relationship between me and guy one and guy
two throughout that entire trip, it seemed to be a little bit more
connected. And I think that stems from being in this place of
literally we just felt like we were dying or at the very least we
wanted to die because of how miserable it faults. But as sadistic
as that sounds, there's this sort of comfort that came along with
that because everybody else on the boat was completely supportive
and understanding because even those that didn't feel sick to their
stomach but still felt a little off, like they understood what we
were all going through and it wasn't a matter of like, Oh, poor
Ashlie, you're a girl.
Ashlie: (08:19)
Like never once did I feel that. But it helped to create this inner
bond between us. And there was a firefighter on the boat that we
had met for the first time and he was so kind to everybody on the
boat and he had brought some Zofran. It's a very, very strong
anti-nausea medication. They actually use it for chemotherapy
patients. And he had offered one of those to me and to some other
people on the boat. And it just, it really helped to set that
foundation for us, setting off into the unknown as we traveled in
the middle of the night to go fishing and to enjoy our time
together. And I think that that type of environment, not only us
getting sick, but just seeing the way that everybody was
interacting with one another, it helps to create an even better
trip than we thought it was going to be.
Clint: (09:16)
And I think the big thing with that is, you know, we all checked in
on one another. Those who got sick, those who weren't sick, it was
just that brotherhood and sisterhood of wanting to make sure
everyone's okay because we all wanted each other to have a fun time
and seeing people sick like that. It's a miserable feeling and you
don't want anyone to not enjoy their time because of it.
Ashlie: (09:45)
It's true. If I could think of one thing that I would never want
anybody to experience even more so than the physical pain of an
injury that I've felt or surgeries that I felt like the worst is
being sick like that in the middle of the ocean. So of course like
you would never want that to happen to anybody that you're sharing
space with, especially in a confined space like you are when we
were on the boat.
Ashlie: (10:11)
But even the commodity of being next to each other while we were
fishing, it's, it's definitely, it's definitely a craft, right? To
be able to fish alongside other fishermen on a boat. It's not just
like you pop your line in the water and then you'd just go with it.
It takes them some teamwork and I felt that that teamwork started
to build more and more as we were on the boat, the longer and
longer we were on the boat and people got the hang of it. And as
you sit there, if you've never been fishing on a boat like this
before, when when you're fishing, you literally have to start
rotating in order to make sure that your aligns don't get tangled
with one another's. And if you're not paying attention, which yes
it happened, then your line can easily cross and create a huge
mess.
Ashlie: (11:00)
Or if you're really not paying attention and you decide to drop
your line against the current where everybody else's lions are
going, you can literally tangle the entire boat's lines by that
one. Careless mistake. And being able to chime in with one another
and just say like, Hey, don't drop your line there. Like nobody got
mad at that. Everybody was, was in the same mood. Everybody was
there to have a good time and really just build on that
relationship with one another. And I can't wait to go out again. I
can't wait to see these people again. Especially some of the ones
that we had the opportunity to meet for the very first time.
Clint: (11:40)
And what was cool about this trip too is you know the people that
you're talking about. Have we met for the first time, they were
great guys and I really enjoyed fishing with them and they enjoyed
fishing with us and we were able to create that bonding with them.
So to further ourselves in that world and, and friendships, new
friendships with them is just a great feeling.
Ashlie: (12:08)
It is. And it's not like you're meeting up at a concert to meet
some new people. The dynamics of a deep sea fishing trip like this
really helped to instill that bond even further, even upon first
meeting.
Clint: (12:21)
Yeah, and I mean, we literally lived on the boat with him for two
and a half days. I mean, you can't get in tighter quarters in
that.
Ashlie: (12:32)
And what I want to stress to you today is the importance of just
being open, being open to the opportunity of creating bonds, even
in the most unlikely of places. It's so easy for us to be waiting
in line for our coffee and staring at our cell phones. But what
would happen if you put your phone away and started to engage with
the person behind you in line? These are the types of things that I
think we're losing connection with, with humanity in general, and
by being able to just be more alert and more cohesive with the
fundamentals of being a human being and having that human
connection with one another, then you're really able to enjoy your
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