Sunday we grilled (homegrown of course) steaks since the weather was nice along with some Brussels Sprouts that were in the freezer. The snow is melting, but was making it icy and slick.
Kyle went golfing, came home, chowed down on steak, then went to work. He worked most everyday this whole week as they are short on help. (Plus he's buying more golf equipment, so all he sees is dollar-signs right now!! HA Teenagers and their "disposable income"!!)
Pat made a re-loader gun holder (for lack of a better term) for the tailgate of his truck. Now when he's at his Blackpowder shoots, he can re-load easily and not get the stock dirty as well!
He got some shows put onto discs and got them mailed off to Jared (who has a 4-day weekend coming up). I know Sons of Guns will be right up his ally. (Ex-Military guy has a Gun shop in Louisiana and modifies/fixes guns--something Jared is VERY interested in.) He hasn't even seen the commercials for it, so it will be a nice treat for him.
Monday (Valentines' Day) at work, a lady came in with flowers, I asked "Oh who are those for?" (Thinking it was for someone in the back office). She looked surprized and said "Oh, I think these are for you!" Yep, Patrick sent me an ivy plant with some pretty pink roses in it. I was surprized, he can be such a romantic. (Yes, a Mr. Fixit that's romantic!)
I have requests for salve, now I just have to find the time to make it. This schedule I ended up working a week straight. Plus with the warmer weather, we have been oober-busy, so I've been bushed by the time I get home. Bah!!
Almost all of the snow has melted with the nice temps this week. It's been a big relief for everyone and critters as well!
Patrick and I managed to get eye appointments made last week and both got (badly needed!) new glasses. His came in and he has his, I will wait until a day off during the week to go get mine.
We knew Jared had two jumps this past weekend, and finally Monday he texted us. He was VERY sore from a bad landing but OK. The jump on Saturday had went fine, but the Sunday jump did not go as planned.
I believe he said there were 60 jumpers in each plane, and there were 3 planes. All jumping at the same time.....that's alot of parachutes in the air at once!!
He said on the Saturday jump, before he hit the ground (was still up in the air) he heard one guy below him go "thump" into a tree. Then cussing, then "MEDIC!!" He said the guy smacked his leg pretty hard when he hit the tree--but didn't stick around to see how bad since the Medics were taking care of him.
Thankfully Jared missed the trees that time and managed to land on soft ground. He did say when he was getting ready to re-pack his parachute (after his landing) some guy landed on it. He told him "Hey get off my chute, dude!" The fellow replied with "Oh sorry dude!" (Yes, the term "dude" is used alot!)
They had a required night jump, (Saturday night/early Sunday morning) they jumped at midnight--but had PT at 7 am Saturday morning, then got ready for the jump--yes alllll day long!
He said there was some moonlight to see, but quickly realized on his way down, the wind was not his friend this time. It knocked him off-kilter, as he tried to compensate/adjust, some (control) strap broke on his parachute...so he had to ad-lib and make do. But he did manage to land on his feet AND avoid any trees!
But instead of doing the normal (taught/instinct) roll--when his feet hit the ground, in that instant, the wind caught his parachute and yanked him backwards straight onto his head and then started dragging him. (I believe he said it broke a strap on his helmet, I do know he hit pretty hard.) He had to scramble to un-do his chute and get it under control before it took off on him, with him still attached!
They finally got their group rounded up and accounted for (remember this is all in the dark) and a guy from another group got lost and ended up with theirs. So then they had to find the other group (who was all out looking for their "lost" guy) so he could get back with them so all could continue on.
Then they had a 6 mile march to pack themselves out--in full gear--its still dark. When they got to their destination, the gate was locked. So they all had to re-route and hike another 5 miles to another gate. Jared said they got back about 9 am.
(This is the "short" version--and I left out his "colorful" words used in describing everything to me.) HA
Friday he did a double guard duty--he filled in for one guy who wanted some time off.
He is looking at getting a vehicle--but said the streets there are confusing. So that ought to be interesting! He's been biking or catching a ride to classes or where he needs to go. It would be nice for him to have wheels of his own, tho. (Four, not two! HA)
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