Love, guns, and sweat

Today was a great day. The tuition assistance rush has started at work. I accompanied Vanessa to the grocery store and a romantic dinner at Wendy's. I love hanging out with Vanessa because we get to spend time together while doing otherwise grueling tasks. She is awesome and without her my quality of life would not exist. I especailly love how she calls me out on everything. The pregnancy past 13 weeks is awesome, maybe we will have more kids one day.

I reloaded some Speer plastic practice rounds. They were really fun to shoot out of my 45 acp. They don't cycle the action and they are dirty but they're still fun. I was impressed with the accuracy, they are more accurate than I am. They'll be great for young shooters (age has little to do with it) to train. They have no recoil so it is easy to detect flinch or torque. I've never had so much fun firing a $1,000.00 cap gun. They're reusable too. It comes down to about $.3 per shot, just the cost of the primer.

I've got a ruck march at 630 tomorrow morning. It's only about 6-7 miles, I hope the feet hold out. I haven't had all toe nails since I joined. In WWII the infantry Soldiers walked an average of 22 miles per day. Oh yea, and they were fighting some of the way. I think about this when my body wants to quit. The furthest I have ever rucked is 12 miles. I've done it twice and it hurt bad both times. The first time I had between 55 and 65 lbs and the second 35-45 (about 10 lbs of water) . By the end the weight makes little difference. The human body is an amazing machine and capable of so much more than the average person ever cares to find out. I choose to push the limits and enjoy the endorphin rush for some reason. Oh yea, and the health benefits.