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Early morning day two at the range. This past weekend John and I traveled to Orange County to participate in the NRA’s Personal Protection Outside of the Home course.  In OC they are passing permits out like candy, unlike SB County.  This course satisfies the training requirement for a CCW permit.  Needless to say, it doesn't do us a lot of good to take the class and not receive the “reward” or the permit.  However, more training is just that. Big city range. We were shooting in the bay on the far end.  The two day course (max 16 hours) was incredibly valuable.  I have trained with TJ Johnston previously, but John had not.  This was his first class with TJ and his first formal training opportunity (after our basics class last year).  As he said in the “was the course what you expected” portion of the class, all I told him was that it would be challenging and you would have to work for it.  All true.  Even in my case, h...

unbearable. intolerable. agonizing. excruciating. insufferable. just plain hot.  seriously though, it's pretty awful when it get's this ------- warm. you see, I live on the coast of beautiful California and generally, it's 70 degrees all year round.  with short times of the year when it's colder and warmer. however, when I hear that inland is cooler than the coast by at least two degrees, it throws this temperate weather girl off. I have been seeing an increase in knitting patterns perfect for fall.  and I tell you, here we are in October and I can't even think about knitting without a laugh attached to it.  the worst part is that I am dying to make some new sweaters.  I even had to unravel my custom "girl not grey" sweater due to some weight loss recently. when it's this hot, I usually think two things.  first, I wish I was still working as a lifeguard.  a quick dip in the pool would really refresh me right now. and second, why can't we have n...