So, I’m way behind! If I missed something tag me and I will respond.
Okay about the weekend. I got my ass kicked! I fecked up the very first relay and could not recover from it. The competition was without a doubt one of the toughest I have ever shot. I came in fifth out of eighty shooters. We started the competition with a thousand points a piece, and each shot made not the sum of ten is deducted. I finished with a 995 and 59 X’s. Winner finished with a thousand points and 74 X’s.
I enjoyed every single minute of it! One of three women chose to compete based on a total score of all sanctioned shoots. That in itself was an honor. I spent the weekend with some of the best in the United States. Got some terrific pointers. Had a great time, well except what happened at the Holiday Inn.
Saturday was a 12 hour day, when we got back to the hotel, we made the decision to just unload our rifles. I told my Hubby, don’t waste the time and energy of getting a luggage trolley, you haul one, I’ll haul the other. So we did.
When we got to our room, he inserted the key card and the light stays red, door won’t open. So, I tell Hubby to head to the lobby for rekeying I’ll stay here with the rifles.
Now, I realize that a woman standing in front of a hotel room door with two rifles looks a bit odd. I’m watching as a young boy I’d say nine to twelve comes bebopping up the hallway, I see at the other end a group of people that are waiting for the little boy. He comes strolling past me flip flops popping as he walks. He gets closer, slows down, eyes my rifle cases. I look up and smile, then he runs past me yelling at the top of his lungs, “Mom! She has a gun!”. Now, the entire group is in a panic and head up the stairwell, while a new group on the other end at the exit door at a high rate of speed.
I am pretty embarrassed. I have just become a shooter in the hallway of the Holiday Inn! I shit you not!
Thank goodness the clerk in the lobby was able to settle them all down.
I can’t blame the child, it’s the media. School shootings and being taught that bad guys have guns, but damn.
So that’s how the day ended yesterday!
So, thanks to all for cheering me on! I appreciate it! I just got home a little while ago. Looking forward to a hot shower and my own bed!
Catch up with yiz tomorrow!