gun lessons from the sword master
The kenjutsu program is fizzling out. Unfortunately, we saw this coming. The sensei and their daughter make their hour and a half trip out to the dojo only to have it just be me and Brian. Mata doesn't even notify Uhler Sensei when he's not going to show up, which is 3 times out of 4. It's insanely hypocritical of what he teaches in aikido. Chris has just started attending again, but that still only makes the three of us. There have been only two other students, but they are neither dependable or promising.
Before we started class last Thursday, Uhler Sensei announced that we'd be switching up the class. Their idea is to have Brian lead classes and they would come out once a month. They had a lot of great things to say about Brian and I am very proud. They said he was "a better student than they could have ever hoped for." Unfortunately, we're certain it's going to end up just being the two of us. We're thinking we can try and work something out where we drive out to them twice a month. We'll see.
Rodney in particular is a big gun guy and invited us to go shooting with him. It was our first time shooting metal plates and wow, it was a ton of fun. I got to try some of Rodney's guns. Some Ruger .45 that hurt my wrists and I had to give up on it after 3 shots. A .357 Smith & Wesson Magnum which, hubba hubba, I am in love with. Lots of power, but still very smooth. I'm not one for the big shiny guns, but wow, you can't argue with that baby! I also shot his snub nosed .38 revolver and it was decent, but I was still in the after glow of shooting the Magnum and it just didn't compare.
I had my consultation with the surgeon on Friday and things went well. I was extremely uncomfortable when she needed to take pictures, but I understand it's necessary. My breasts weigh four pounds each and it sounds like they'll be taking roughly half of the mass. I guess you need a minimum of 500 grams of excess per breast to qualify for insurance coverage and I have over twice that. The way everyone keeps saying "you obviously need this" and blah blah blah, is starting to make me feel stupid for not looking into this earlier.
So I'm just waiting to hear back about a date and we're ready to go.
Before we started class last Thursday, Uhler Sensei announced that we'd be switching up the class. Their idea is to have Brian lead classes and they would come out once a month. They had a lot of great things to say about Brian and I am very proud. They said he was "a better student than they could have ever hoped for." Unfortunately, we're certain it's going to end up just being the two of us. We're thinking we can try and work something out where we drive out to them twice a month. We'll see.
Rodney in particular is a big gun guy and invited us to go shooting with him. It was our first time shooting metal plates and wow, it was a ton of fun. I got to try some of Rodney's guns. Some Ruger .45 that hurt my wrists and I had to give up on it after 3 shots. A .357 Smith & Wesson Magnum which, hubba hubba, I am in love with. Lots of power, but still very smooth. I'm not one for the big shiny guns, but wow, you can't argue with that baby! I also shot his snub nosed .38 revolver and it was decent, but I was still in the after glow of shooting the Magnum and it just didn't compare.
I had my consultation with the surgeon on Friday and things went well. I was extremely uncomfortable when she needed to take pictures, but I understand it's necessary. My breasts weigh four pounds each and it sounds like they'll be taking roughly half of the mass. I guess you need a minimum of 500 grams of excess per breast to qualify for insurance coverage and I have over twice that. The way everyone keeps saying "you obviously need this" and blah blah blah, is starting to make me feel stupid for not looking into this earlier.
So I'm just waiting to hear back about a date and we're ready to go.