Growing up in a small town was both a negative and positive thing. We never had anything to do so we would go places. My dad had a boat so we would go to West Point Lake every chance we got. I loved it and I always had so much fun, we would have picnics and go tubing all the time. One time, when I was about 7 years old, we took my whole family to the lake. I was so excited to show my cousins everything so when the boat stopped, I was the first one out. I HATED wearing those ugly water shoes so I…