Results are up and I'm just so glad to be back in my own bed with my wife and my Netflix (at home I mean). ha ha ha
Well here's you chance to debrief and tell the world how you felt after that intense weekend and how much fun you had laughing at my jokes....
"If you want to be great, be Grateful...." I always begin with this quote.
So much truth here and that's the starting point of my BRAND... I picked up a chicken wrap meal as I left Petawawa for the 6 hour journey back home. I had trouble sync'ing my bluetooth car stereo to my LG Device, and 2 reboots later, we got things sorted out by Barry's Bay, ON right on Highway 60. I was annoyed and progressively pissed off at the traffic and it seemed that every driver in front of me conspired to test my patience and they did a great job. I was in a negative funk for an hour. I skipped right over the F-U-C-K meditation and went straight to my "Depression Fighting" WMD: Gratitude.... I continued to list off (as I drove through Algonquin Park) all the people, things, situations, experiences, conversations, meals at Danny's/ Kelsey's, new faces, old friends, wonderful contacts, and list lasted all the way to Huntsville. I'm lucky to have all of you around me! Thanks... and that's how you combat depression.
Bruce Lee always preached to "Count the things you DO have. Ignore counting things you DON'T have, that's unproductive."
Once you realize how much or what you have in your life around you, depression disappears. I know first hand since I come from a family with said issues.
Been there, done that... avoided the medication and instead chose positive meditation and gratitude!
That said, I have so much to be grateful for:
* thanks to Morgan Club Prez of Petawawa GC for approaching the Garrison Petawawa Base Commander and Chain of Command for making this happen
* thanks to Heather our sentry, because without a sentry, no range practice or competition would ever occur
* thanks for my butts officers who stepped up by volunteering or being voluntold to run the efficient and flawless target presentation (except for that one guy on T3, it was funny, I assure you
* thanks for our community of experienced shooters who willingly helped the new shooters to the game, your laughter and levity kept the "edge" away unlike some other events that really suck
* Thanks to my coaches who stayed on the line and helped new folks out with me, I'm tickled and warmed that we have a great crew, and it's getting better all the time.
* thanks to my patient french shooters who proved to be so tolerant after I butchered the French Language with my Franglaisie, you guys were a hoot laughing about my V-Bull jokes
* thanks go to Range Control who issued our passes as quickly as they could on a Saturday morning, Lord knows that can be time consuming.
* Thanks for my stats volunteers who gave me hand with score card input
* Thanks to the staff at Danny's Steak House; we reserved 20 seats but 23 showed up, it can be annoying but which business does not like piles of income/customers?
* Thanks to my sponsors at Wolverine Supplies for lending me the demonstrator Barrett M98B .308 so that CallumC will be ruined / spoiled forever after using a purpose built PR rig, "This ain't your grandad's deer gun..."
* More thanks to the newest french speaking competitors who took all my franglaisie instructions on how to adjust your scope after a sighter or two... I'm sure you are experts at dirt shots NOW
* I'm just super thrilled to see what a community we have built over the years in the Petawawa GC, all one has to do is listen to the conversations at the Danny's Dinner table. We done good!
I've got more to add as my thoughts ramble on and my typing fingers catch up to the mind....
So, what are you grateful for? What did you learn? From shooting partners? From other relays? From others' mistakes during the stress you paid me to inflict ON YOU... ha ha ha
Now , I just posted up the results in post number 2. Don't take them too seriously. Please don't go through life you are a great shooter now that you scored over 40 points and several Vbulls. I'm just getting YOU started. Now come and join me at
www.dcra.ca for the NSCC National Service Conditions Championships because YOU just fired a course of fire from THEIR rule books.
You experts at shooting may be great at MY matches, that's great but get off yer butt and shoot NSCC as well as the Meaford Long Range Steel Challenge (Facebook search them). Step up your shooting game and don't just be complacent shooting my straightforward (I did not say easy...) matches. I'm here to get you started along your journey, that's what we teachers do...
Cheers,
Barney
