Time flys when you're having fun

Another weekend has come and gone, where does the time go?  Do you realize it is less than two weeks until Thanksgiving and only one week until my parents get in town.  I cant describe how excited I am!  I have a whole list of things they get to do when they get here so they wont get board.
 
1) Clean the house
2) Wash and wax the car
3) Hang my paintings
4) And cook lots of food

I am not asking too much?  Just kidding Mom and Dad you all can kick up you feet and relax!  Its going to be a wonderful time with the whole family.

This last week was a busy week at work, even with all the work I was doing the days seemed to drag on.  I think I am so excited about the holidays coming up, its hard to focus on work.  You can tell when its getting close because everyone in the office starts getting antsy.

As most of you know last Sunday we went through the yearly ritual of changing our clocks back.  I really despise doing this because it gets dark before I get home.  This is the first year that I have noticed it really affected my sleep pattern, by six I am ready for bed.  Thankfully I remembered to change all the clocks so I didn't have any major issues.  There were only two funny incidents that occurred,  when I got in my car to go to work I thought I was an hour late.  That same day I almost left work a hour early because my coworkers clock had not been set back.  Other than that no major mishaps. 

The week was dragging and I started getting stir crazy, by Thursday night I had to get out of the house.  Since I live in walking distance of Midtown, Chris and I decided to walk down to the new Tapas place and give it a try.  The happy hour specials were great, half of Tapas and Sangria.  We each got two different plates and shared them, everything was really delicious and just the right size.  After dinner we walked around Midtown and hit a few different spots.  We normally meet up with some friends of ours for wings on Thursday so they picked us up and we all went to Buffalo Wild Wings and watched the U of H Cougars play Tulane.  It was great evening and just what I needed.

Friday was a busy day at work, but I got everything wrapped up that needed to be finished that week.  After work I ran a bunch of errands to get the supplies I need to make Christmas gifts.  That evening after a quick work out Chris and I watched the History Channels documentary on the Vietnam war and cooked some dinner. The documentary was excellent and I truly regret not asking my grandpas about their war experiences.  I know for many it is a very difficult thing to discuss, but if the younger generations do not hear about these things, they become the unappreciative spoiled brats that are running around today.  I am very thankful to all the Vets and current military men and women that served, or are serving today to protect our country.  If you have a chance check out the History channels Vietnam in HD, its an eye opener for those that weren't directly involved.

Saturday morning Chris and I headed up to San Antonio for a friends birthday.  The plan was to spend the afternoon shooting, eating, and watching football.  I was pretty excited about the shooting part, its been a while since I have been able to shoot trap.  We loaded up all our guns, bought out all of Wal-mart's ammo and headed to good ol San Antonio.  It normally isn't a bad drive, but we got stuck behind a motorcycle ride and they were going about 20 miles under the speed limit...ugh it was a long drive.  Once we got there we set everything up and started shooting.  We did a few rounds of trap and then set up some targets for pistol.  We were having a great time until we heard a semi-auto assault rifle let off a couple of rounds and it wasn't us shooting.  The minute we heard the bullets whiz past us we were on the ground.  We have no idea what these people were doing, they had no reason to be shooting in our direction.  After that little incident we decided to move to another area on their property. I am a stickler for gun safety, I have heard of too many accidents that happen when people just aren't paying attention.  Since there were seven of us I made sure everyone was safe, but apparently there is no way to prevent other people from shooting at you!   


The rest of the afternoon was great we set up their trap thrower and shot for about four hours.  I currently have a 20 gauge and have been looking to upgrade to a 12.  Being with a bunch of guys that love to shoot, I was able to try quite an assortment of shotguns.  I really enjoyed a few of them but found a winner that will soon be a gift to myself.  Unfortunately the gun that won is pretty pricey so if any of you fell inclined to donate to the Tory shotgun fund...I am accepting donations! 

Beretta AL391 Teknys Gold Target 12Ga, 30"

Beretta AL391 Teknys Gold Sporting

 After we finished up shooting we went inside to eat burgers and watch some Aggie football. It was another terrible game for the Ags they ended up losing in the 4 OT.  Oh well there is always next year!  We spent the rest of the evening talking around a campfire.  It was a nice weekend, but now its over and time to get ready for the work week, oh the joys of being a grown up!!!  I hope you all have a great week.

Until next time...