shooting range fun

everyone should go, they even have ladies night on the last thursday of every month

i almost hit the bullseye, lindsey and i did good

who would have ever thought:)

love this

sweet lindsey jo shooting a gun

so yesterday was one of those days that goes down in the record books.  lindsey and i bought a living social a while back, when i still lived in my townhouse, for a couple hours at a shooting range.  i wanted to do this so much, but a huge part of me was scared to death.  lindsey seemed totally fine, so yesterday i was given half a day to volunteer and half a day to take vacation.  lindsey and i met at chic-fil-a and then headed to the range at lake norman.  first, i will say it is a breeding ground for guys, should be an obvious, but maybe i need to head there more often, ha.  after signing a liability and watching a way too short instructional/safety video, they said here is your 22, your headphones, your eyewear, and pick your target... you are good to go.  okay, they let us feel the gun to make sure it "felt okay."  lindsey and i were like, we have no flipping idea, ha.  nick, we were fast friends, was a huge help to us.  actually all of them were, another one, david was nice too.  they had to tell us a lot of times how to shoot, how to load, and many other things, but after a while we got the hang of it.  initially when we walked in, lindsey was a little startled... i really thought we were going to have to leave, but she pulled it together, and we both really enjoyed it.  we had lots of laughs, lots of jams in our gun, and all in all we learned that shooting is not an easy thing.  we also took from this adventure, that if we actually needed it, we are not fast loaders, the person would kill us first.

there was a cute guy, he had a beard, that lindsey kept wanting me to talk to, but unfortunately with the headphones you could barely hear anything but loud booms.  i really wasn't in any position to talk to anyone.  plus, i am currently in my glasses, which are really not that attractive, so after feb. 7th i'll be back at it. 

after we finished at the shooting range, we headed to ikea and then had dinner at chipotle. 

as we get older, and life changes, i was reminded yesterday how rare quality time with your BFF is.  instead of focusing on that this year, i am focusing on how much fun we had and how appreciative i am that we got to do this and that she now has fridays off.  we laughed so hard, we talked, we caught up, and it was such a fun day with lindsey jo!  i can't remember the last time just the two of us spent nearly a whole day together.

i think this is a great idea for someone's 30th or for a fun girl's night out.  i won't be making a shooting range my new hobby, but it will definitely be something i do again:)