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The Weekend, aka "Whirlwind"
Apr. 26th, 2009 04:59 pmIt started Friday afternoon with a trip to the gun range. Now, when I thought "gun range" in the past, I thought of either an indoor range that sort of resembles what you see in police-training movies, or outdoor ranges like you see in military training, either one run by some rotund "good-ole-boy" who can tell you about any firearm you could bring him. He's a presence in the background, watching everyone fire, making sure everybody is safe. The targets are provided by the range, and pop up automatically, or are carried by hook out to whatever range you want to practice at.
In reality, this gun range was on state park land out in the open, you set up your own targets, and there was zero supervision.
Either way, I have now fired a handgun, and know how to properly care for (clean out/store/fire) a handgun, as taught by my friend John. Yay!
Most of Saturday was taken up by the evening D&D game that went 3 hours longer than normal, but before that we were rummaging around at the University. The University of Delaware has a large plant sale every year called "Ag Day," and with it comes a flea-market-like area of tents and things to do. We wandered for a time, picked up all the plants I could want for the garden, and a bush for our back corner. We weren't there long, and didn't spend all our money, so of course I had to try some homemade ice cream (The UD Farm has cows), and it was the creamiest ice cream I've ever had.
When we got home, we planted the flowering Hydrangea bush out by our back fence with hopes that, since it's a vine, it will spread far and wide on our fence and look cool all year round. Since I was in a planting mood, but my garden area wasn't ready (I had to till it) I dug a hole and planted my rosemary bush. According to a "Master Grower" at Ag Day, rosemary bushes hate being indoors, and hate being potted plants, which means I did everything exactly wrong with it, which is probably why it was three quarters dead. Hopefully it'll spring back up and come to life.
We also bought some peppermint that we planted near the dog run to overcome the smell of, well, the dog run.
Once everything was planted, we went to our friend's and played D&D for 9 hours. Longest. Night. Ever. But fun. Lots of fun. Home at 1, in bed by 1:15, asleep by 1:17.
Today?
The garden is done, planted with tomatoes, basil, hot peppers, carrots, spinach, and peas. I could have added in some sweet peppers, but last year they didn't do so well, and I didn't want to crowd the garden, so I saved those.
The dog run is weed-whacked, shopping has happened, and tonight I'm going to the library with my wife where I have a mission to pick up a book on the Civil War for my mom. A full day, and a satisfactory one.
How's your weekend been, so far?
In reality, this gun range was on state park land out in the open, you set up your own targets, and there was zero supervision.
Either way, I have now fired a handgun, and know how to properly care for (clean out/store/fire) a handgun, as taught by my friend John. Yay!
Most of Saturday was taken up by the evening D&D game that went 3 hours longer than normal, but before that we were rummaging around at the University. The University of Delaware has a large plant sale every year called "Ag Day," and with it comes a flea-market-like area of tents and things to do. We wandered for a time, picked up all the plants I could want for the garden, and a bush for our back corner. We weren't there long, and didn't spend all our money, so of course I had to try some homemade ice cream (The UD Farm has cows), and it was the creamiest ice cream I've ever had.
When we got home, we planted the flowering Hydrangea bush out by our back fence with hopes that, since it's a vine, it will spread far and wide on our fence and look cool all year round. Since I was in a planting mood, but my garden area wasn't ready (I had to till it) I dug a hole and planted my rosemary bush. According to a "Master Grower" at Ag Day, rosemary bushes hate being indoors, and hate being potted plants, which means I did everything exactly wrong with it, which is probably why it was three quarters dead. Hopefully it'll spring back up and come to life.
We also bought some peppermint that we planted near the dog run to overcome the smell of, well, the dog run.
Once everything was planted, we went to our friend's and played D&D for 9 hours. Longest. Night. Ever. But fun. Lots of fun. Home at 1, in bed by 1:15, asleep by 1:17.
Today?
The garden is done, planted with tomatoes, basil, hot peppers, carrots, spinach, and peas. I could have added in some sweet peppers, but last year they didn't do so well, and I didn't want to crowd the garden, so I saved those.
The dog run is weed-whacked, shopping has happened, and tonight I'm going to the library with my wife where I have a mission to pick up a book on the Civil War for my mom. A full day, and a satisfactory one.
How's your weekend been, so far?
