Saturday, February 24, 2007
I have just finished working day eight of nine straight. It's pretty tough enough working nights then mornings every other day, then Anakin has to go and put a hole in his back! My poor buddy now has 6 stitches and I have no clue how the hole got there in the first place! (So I just got in shit from John for paying the Dr. for Anakin's stitches! That was a fun email and phone call!) Anyway cuz I've been working so much, nothing else has really happened this week.
posted by Turnoc's Lady @ 1:00 AM,
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Just because I was curious.
posted by Turnoc's Lady @ 2:03 AM,
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My first army cadet range exercise
Monday, February 12, 2007
OMG this weekend was amazing! It started at 5am yesterday morning after 4 hours sleep. Got to the hall, packed everyone up in the bus and got to the range in Chilliwack (the fish and game club) about 8:30am. We had two ranges running, one for the .22 rifles and one for archery - Cam's (2Lt. Hull, one of the officers I work with) wife is a member of the SCA, so he had the Target Archery Marshal come in and teach the cadets archery! We ran the cadets through each range in relays of 7 or 8 cadets each. I was supervising the archery range when our commanding officer shut down the .22 range and sent those cadets my way. Without radioing anyone to warn us that he was going to "sight" his new scope for his hunting rifle (I didn't catch what type it was, but it was big), starts firing this thing. I almost died laughing as 16 cadets crapped themselves!!! The archery range was on the other side of the property from the rifle range, and his rifle still deafened us!
We sent the relays through the ranges a few times each, then the staff got to go through. Apparently it was very comical how fast that first-aid kit came off my back so I could shoot the bow and arrows. Then I got to the .22 range! I have never fired a rifle before (the Daisy 853C air rifles don't count. They're not considered "weapons" because the pellets don't travel fast enough to kill anyone - they hurt like hell though.) Out of 43 people who went on the range, only two people had better targets then me, and they've been training since they were in army cadets (as cadets) 20 years ago.
My target would have been even better if those other two officers had not been kicking my foot to distract me. Hence the two rounds not in the bull's eye! Keep in mind that I've never done this before!
The rest of the weekend was fun, too. A pair of cadets thought it would be fun to spay Lysol in other's eyes, and another cadet talked in her sleep about turtles on a trampoline, romances started and romances ended. You know, all the regular stupid teenage stuff. Officers and parent volunteers stayed awake playing Rummy and generally joking around until 1am. We got back about 2pm, and after I got home I had a bath and crashed for 6 hours! I'm sore from the ends of my hair to the tips of my toes but it was worth EVERY bit of it. I can't wait until the next Ex.
posted by Turnoc's Lady @ 1:11 AM,
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One moment...
Saturday, February 03, 2007
I request that everyone take a moment to tell everyone around you (spouse, children, parents, friends etc.) how much you love and appreciate them. One moment you could be enjoying a conversation and the next they could be gone. A car ran a red light tonight while John and I were crossing the street. The driver was not paying attention and was speeding, coming right at us from the other side of the intersection.
I thank God for stopping that car where he did. The car stopped less then 6 inches from John (please remember it was speeding). In one terrifying moment I looked over and saw my husband standing between the headlights, heard the tires screeching and I realized that everything we had ever fought over was nothing. No words will ever describe how scared I was that John was going to get hurt, feel pain or worse...die right there on the street in front of me. Of course, logically speaking, the way we were positioned I would have been hit, too. However, that didn't enter my mind until after we'd gotten to the other side.
On a much lighter note, the December and January financial hurtles are over and we can start breathing easier. All of our nasty debts are paid off and now we can start paying off the little bills and our wonderful parents who helped us. We're also able to start putting money aside into savings! John and I are even going on a date on Sunday night!!!
Anakin is doing much better. He's gaining lots of weight and should be over 11lbs now. Still not the almost 15lbs that he was but I'm happy anyway.
Our building has gotten easier to live in and I'm almost liking it now. The pot head across the hall is gone, our new neighbour is a paramedic, and for some reason the toddler downstairs has been really quiet.
Anyway I gotta go and appreciate the man I came too close to losing tonight.
posted by Turnoc's Lady @ 5:11 AM,
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Monday, February 12, 2007
OMG this weekend was amazing! It started at 5am yesterday morning after 4 hours sleep. Got to the hall, packed everyone up in the bus and got to the range in Chilliwack (the fish and game club) about 8:30am. We had two ranges running, one for the .22 rifles and one for archery - Cam's (2Lt. Hull, one of the officers I work with) wife is a member of the SCA, so he had the Target Archery Marshal come in and teach the cadets archery! We ran the cadets through each range in relays of 7 or 8 cadets each. I was supervising the archery range when our commanding officer shut down the .22 range and sent those cadets my way. Without radioing anyone to warn us that he was going to "sight" his new scope for his hunting rifle (I didn't catch what type it was, but it was big), starts firing this thing. I almost died laughing as 16 cadets crapped themselves!!! The archery range was on the other side of the property from the rifle range, and his rifle still deafened us!
We sent the relays through the ranges a few times each, then the staff got to go through. Apparently it was very comical how fast that first-aid kit came off my back so I could shoot the bow and arrows. Then I got to the .22 range! I have never fired a rifle before (the Daisy 853C air rifles don't count. They're not considered "weapons" because the pellets don't travel fast enough to kill anyone - they hurt like hell though.) Out of 43 people who went on the range, only two people had better targets then me, and they've been training since they were in army cadets (as cadets) 20 years ago.
My target would have been even better if those other two officers had not been kicking my foot to distract me. Hence the two rounds not in the bull's eye! Keep in mind that I've never done this before!
The rest of the weekend was fun, too. A pair of cadets thought it would be fun to spay Lysol in other's eyes, and another cadet talked in her sleep about turtles on a trampoline, romances started and romances ended. You know, all the regular stupid teenage stuff. Officers and parent volunteers stayed awake playing Rummy and generally joking around until 1am. We got back about 2pm, and after I got home I had a bath and crashed for 6 hours! I'm sore from the ends of my hair to the tips of my toes but it was worth EVERY bit of it. I can't wait until the next Ex.
posted by Turnoc's Lady @ 1:11 AM,
,
One moment...
Saturday, February 03, 2007
I request that everyone take a moment to tell everyone around you (spouse, children, parents, friends etc.) how much you love and appreciate them. One moment you could be enjoying a conversation and the next they could be gone. A car ran a red light tonight while John and I were crossing the street. The driver was not paying attention and was speeding, coming right at us from the other side of the intersection.
I thank God for stopping that car where he did. The car stopped less then 6 inches from John (please remember it was speeding). In one terrifying moment I looked over and saw my husband standing between the headlights, heard the tires screeching and I realized that everything we had ever fought over was nothing. No words will ever describe how scared I was that John was going to get hurt, feel pain or worse...die right there on the street in front of me. Of course, logically speaking, the way we were positioned I would have been hit, too. However, that didn't enter my mind until after we'd gotten to the other side.
On a much lighter note, the December and January financial hurtles are over and we can start breathing easier. All of our nasty debts are paid off and now we can start paying off the little bills and our wonderful parents who helped us. We're also able to start putting money aside into savings! John and I are even going on a date on Sunday night!!!
Anakin is doing much better. He's gaining lots of weight and should be over 11lbs now. Still not the almost 15lbs that he was but I'm happy anyway.
Our building has gotten easier to live in and I'm almost liking it now. The pot head across the hall is gone, our new neighbour is a paramedic, and for some reason the toddler downstairs has been really quiet.
Anyway I gotta go and appreciate the man I came too close to losing tonight.
posted by Turnoc's Lady @ 5:11 AM,
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Saturday, February 03, 2007
I request that everyone take a moment to tell everyone around you (spouse, children, parents, friends etc.) how much you love and appreciate them. One moment you could be enjoying a conversation and the next they could be gone. A car ran a red light tonight while John and I were crossing the street. The driver was not paying attention and was speeding, coming right at us from the other side of the intersection.
I thank God for stopping that car where he did. The car stopped less then 6 inches from John (please remember it was speeding). In one terrifying moment I looked over and saw my husband standing between the headlights, heard the tires screeching and I realized that everything we had ever fought over was nothing. No words will ever describe how scared I was that John was going to get hurt, feel pain or worse...die right there on the street in front of me. Of course, logically speaking, the way we were positioned I would have been hit, too. However, that didn't enter my mind until after we'd gotten to the other side.
On a much lighter note, the December and January financial hurtles are over and we can start breathing easier. All of our nasty debts are paid off and now we can start paying off the little bills and our wonderful parents who helped us. We're also able to start putting money aside into savings! John and I are even going on a date on Sunday night!!!
Anakin is doing much better. He's gaining lots of weight and should be over 11lbs now. Still not the almost 15lbs that he was but I'm happy anyway.
Our building has gotten easier to live in and I'm almost liking it now. The pot head across the hall is gone, our new neighbour is a paramedic, and for some reason the toddler downstairs has been really quiet.
Anyway I gotta go and appreciate the man I came too close to losing tonight.
posted by Turnoc's Lady @ 5:11 AM,
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