Weekends SO rock.

Well, the other foot finally fell. I was afraid it would, and I'd been waiting for it, so it wasn't quite as bad as it might have been, but it still happened.

Not surprisingly, it happened on a Sunday night and continues now into Monday morning. I'm not a morning person. I hate Mondays outright. Ergo, you can imagine how much I loathe the idea of Monday mornings.

But I'm starting out wrong. In order for one foot to fall, the other has to have fallen already. That was the good part.

Friday night was bar-none one of the best nights of my life. It wasn't really because I went to se a movie with friends. It's because I was having fun with EIGHT of my best friends all at the same time! We went to see Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, which is a prequel to the other two Underworld movies. It's very good; could have been better, but the point is that I was with friends. Afterwards, we went out to IHOP and spent some good times talking about lots of things and being goofy like we always manage to somehow be. It really was a night of great memories I'll cherish as long as I live.

Sunday was another really good day, too! Chris, Hutch, Ashley, Nick and I went out to some land owned by Hutch's grandfather to shoot. And we shot a LOT. For just the handguns, there was my Norinco 1911, Chris's .50 Desert Eagle, Hutch's pair of Kimber 1911's, a .357 and a Taurus .44 magnum AMONG OTHERS!

There were big guns, too. The smallest was my Ruger .22 semi-automatic. Chris brought a Benelli 12-gauge pump action as well as an AK-47 and an M-4. Hutch also brought an AK-47 as well as a double barrelled break action 12-gauge with an 18 inch barrel and a bullpup, and there were others I can't quite call to mind, but my absolute favorite was his synthetic-stocked, fluted-barrelled, 5-shot bolt action .308 Kimber sniper rifle... with scope!

There were some interesting targets, too! Apples, cabbages, squash and coconuts make lovely exploding things to shoot at. We also learned that while the aluminum casing of a computer MAY repel birdshot, it's like paper for double-aught buck shot. There were also many clay pigeons for the shotgun shooters, and there were pictures taken all day long. You can see them on Facebook.

But all of that was the good foot. I knew I had to come down off the high because I had school the next day, and I had to start thinking about other responsibilities of my life. I have a myriad of projects to do for the SCA as well as testing for my fourth degree in March to think about. Sometimes I feel like I'll never be able to get it all done, and I'm scared to death that I'm not going to be able to satisfy everyone.

The really bittersweet moment came late Sunday night when I had one of those soul-searching conversations. It was a good conversation, and I'm glad it was had. I just wish it had been on some other night than SUNDAY!