I love this video, it always makes me laugh :)
And so ends a wonderful weekend...
I had reservations about leaving work so early but it was needed and I know that now. I feel much better now. My mind, body and soul are much more at peace and I'm feeling more prepared for little Jack's arrival. Without the work stresses, I'm finding that I sleep better... and at one point sleep was all I wanted. I will admit, my body did need a few days to adjust to the Labetalol. One of the side effects is unusual tiredness and headaches. For the first few days, I slept most of the days away. I think that it was a combination of actually needing it and the medication. I started feeling better Thursday night which is good because that takes us to Friday...
Friday was good times in Ste Rita! My cousin Sarah had invited us, my cousin Jen, her husband Jason and our niece Taylor out to their house about 45 mins outside of the city for the day. Oh and what a day it was! We started off Sarah, Mike and their cutie pie of a daughter, Abernathy greeting us at the door. Taylor immediately ditched us and was Abbie's bff for the day. We sat around the table and caught us and gabbed away for hours! Then the subject of guns came up...Being converted country folk of course they had some. The Mike suggested we go out back for some target practice, Sarah agreed. She said that she would get dinner started, can you believe that it was 5pm already? We've been there for 3 hours already, it totally flew by!
So here we go... a little background here now. Jen and I haven't even been near a gun before and yes, were somewhat terrified but determined to get over it. Jason grew up in Thunderbay and on a hunting/fishing lodge, so he's had the most experience but hasn't shot anything in a long time and Charlie is really good at shooting video games but never held a real gun before that day. Mike gave us a choice of a .22 calibre rifle (the pussy gun) and a 12 gauge shotgun (the man's gun). Jen and I immediately rose our hands for the 22 and after a short tutorial for Mike, Jen was up. He had but up a 2L pop bottle up on a fence post for a target. Jen stepped up to the shooting line and held up that 22... she slowly lined up and squeezed the trigger. BANG! Holy f'n crap! She hit the mark bang on! We cheered her on and she slowly put down the gun and turned around, clearly shaken up a bit. After the shock wore off, she realized what she did. Now she was beaming and it was my turn...
Oh geez, I was never really a fan of guns and here I was about to shoot a rifle. So that's it. Off to the mark I go. I lifted the barrel, clicked the safety off and squeezed the trigger... and nothing. GAH! Apparently that one was a dud.LOL So with a quick adjustment, I was up to the mark again. I stared down the scope, found the 2L and squeezed. BANG! Holy shit! I actually hit it! The rush was insane and SO much fun!
Now the boys are up... Jason went and hit nothing and same with Charlie. Mike was on the verge of ripiing up the Man cards they came in with. hahah
And now the 12 gauge... After the rush of the first gun, I had to do this too! This time we all hit the mark, kinda awesome. This gun had a lot more power and a lot more kick back. Totally felt that in my arm the next day:) So yes, I shot a gun... two of them in fact :) I'll admit I kinda liked it.
Now, back inside! Dinner was going and we all assumed our positions at the table and ate... and I mean ATE. Wow, I don't think I've ever been so full. And of course, we yapped and yapped! Holy crap was it really 9pm? The original plan was to be out of there by 630-7 ish to be able to hit tito Henry's house. Honestly, we could have stayed there forever. It did not seem like we were there for 7 hours, I thought it was probably one of the most theraputic nights I've had in a long time, for all of us. it's now 930 and we're back on the road to the city...
Within minutes, Taylor was passed out and we were en route to Jen and Jasons so the could let the dog out and grab tito Henry's card. Tito Henry's house was a gong show! I seriously do not know how that many people managed to fit in that house! We had people spilling out into the streets! I had family in from out of town, My tito rading, his son Chris (so tall and cute!), my tito Eddie (a Habs fan but, we've made our peace with it) and my lovely tita Lolly. We made the rounds and got the heck out of there... waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too hot and waaaaaaaaaaaay to tired for all that :)
Saturday was a day to relax during the day. We enjoyed a nice little sleep in, lazed around the house and then headed to Jen's place for the Pacquiao/Marquez fight! (GO MANNY!) Manny won, of course...
Sunday was just another relaxing day. A few hours with the inlaws and then home again :)
All in all a great weekend :)
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