military units have what they call an "frg" or "family readiness group". the spouses/families form a support group for one another. in theory a good thing, in practice? usually a disaster that occassionaly gets lucky and does some good. anyways, they run some fundraisers to raise money to have events and to help families in need during deployments. they buy gifts for the kids at Christmas, etc...
each year the big harley shop near me (where i bought my scoot from) has a big event and they let our frg set up a booth and sell t-shirts and snacks. usually it's the biggest money maker of the year. only this year the unit forgot to tell anyone when it was. apparently a couple kids were hanging around on friday so they got snagged to help out. so i threw on my uniform and climbed on the bike and got down there. always fun looking at skanky biker chicks for an hour or two. and the non-skanky ones. seriously though, it's good to get out there and meet people and clear up misconceptions about the military. let them see we're not all a bunch of brain-washed idiots who aren't capable of making informed decisions of our own.
i was still able to get out with my buddy and go shooting. that was a heck of alot of fun. quiet range, we were the only people shooting. the army takes all of the fun out of shooting for qualification purposes. it's fun just to put rounds downrange and get comfortable with the weapons all over again. he's a pretty good shot and taught me a couple cool tricks. i'd like to think i returned the favor.
sunday was just spent doing errands around the house, then screwing around. a friend and his gf came over for burgers and brauts. we went pistol shopping. then fried cd's in an old microwave to watch the spark show.
kinda nice to have a really, really low-key, low-stress weekend for once.
8 comments:
sounds like a good weekend!
Mmmmm....man with gun, man in uniform, man with Harley, man that grills! Oh Baby, [raising eyebrow] you jazz me! Damn, you're a catch and a half!!
I have an FRG meeting to go tonight. It's voting time for a new FRG board. Sadly, I don't know ANY of the candidates.
scrappy girl... you locked your blog!
gator... oh no. less than half a catch easily. plenty of negative to outweigh the positive.
megan. doesn't it though? i'd happily repeat it again if the opportunity presented itself.
I love to hear about weekends when people really had a great time :)
Shooting black rifles is always relaxing.
I know you probably figured me for a lever action type. The truth is I love black rifles.
I hope you get to try out the M468 soon. You can tell me how you like it.
cds in a microwave sounds fun. not sure how one decides to do that, but hey, if it helps you relax :) thanks for stopping by my blog. Look forward to reading more of yours!
tc.. well, unless mine was particularly crappy and i'm in a jealous mood. then i don't want to hear about it. because i'm small and petty like that.
julie... quals time? how'd you do?
bwh... i love black rifles. i'm hoping i get a chance at the 468 soon. and what i'm salivating over and trying to NOT buy are the new sig 556 and the m-1 socom and/or socom II from springfield.
i'm on the lookout now for a model 700 right now though. i work with a guy who's a gunsmith. he's got some premium barrels at home and a macmillan stock and a lathe. he can turn it into an m-24/m-40 rifle for me basically. and better yet, he can show me what he's doing so i can learn.
secret mom. sooooo cool to do. i had an old microwave i was going to throw out, tons of old cds....
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