Another Short One

Training at the pool went pretty good this morning. We only had two people to requalify, and one guy to completely train. That was the fun one. He’s not a real strong swimmer, but he passed the swim portion with little problem. Then we started training him on the use of the HEEDS stuff. And I was surprised at how well he did. He didn’t panic, or have any problems. He did better than guys that have been doing this for years. I was impressed.

Oh, I almost forgot about Biz’s lifeguard. I get there and, well, the lifeguard’s a dude. So, I was starting to wonder just how long Biz was under the water last time. But he saved himself by saying that was definitely not the lifeguard he was talking about. But anyway, I didn’t get to see her. Maybe next week.

The rest of today is kind of a blur. I was running around trying to finalize everything for the range. And then, Murphy decided to show up. Another unit wanted to piggyback with us on the range. When I was asked, I said no. Then they went around me to the CO and talked to him. He backed me up, but only after he found out how many people they were talking about. (It would have been ok with about 5 people, or so, but not the numbers they were talking about.) The end result? We are still going to run our range, just much, much earlier than originally planned. Oh well. I just want to get it over with finally. Its taken too much of my work time.

If you haven’t seen Biz’s entry from today, you need to head over there and check it out. He declared war because of my comment yesterday about his huge ass. Anyway, he posted this pic:



When I saw it, I just about fell out of my chair from laughing so hard. Yes, it’s a pic of me he got at work with out me knowing. And he played with the one on the left. What I think it is, is that he’s hoping to look as good as me when he gets to my age. But that’s ok. Age and treachery will win out over youth and enthusiasm every time. (But there is something to be said about enthusiasm.) Be on the lookout for an update.

I’ll see ya’ll later.