Day-Off Adventures...

Today,  Edie, May, Matt, Kelly and I went to Carrier's Mainely Lobster, in Bucksport and had seafood! We had tenderloin clams and onion rings which were delicious! It was our (Kelly's and my ) first time and we found the food there to be very good. We had ice cream for dessert, and hung around for awhile talking and laughing about stuff going on at work with the usuals. Matt talked about ordering his new Subaru that he has to wait for a week to get his hands on. It's going to be a pumpkin color and he's thinking of a name for it.

After arriving back in Bangor, we went to Home Depot to get soil for the flower beds around the house. It started raining when we got home, but Kelly went out and took care of a few spots that needed a little filling in. Now, Kelly's gaming and I'm in my art room painting and filling in my scrapbook. Life is good. 

I went to Brewer and took the Handgun 101 Class today. I've always wanted to know how to use a gun. So, I was in class with 13 other women (women's only class-duh).  A few of the women were in the class so they could get the certificate for their Concealed-Carry permit. A couple others were new like me. One turned out to be Lorna Greenlaw's baby sister. She said she has only fired her revolver before. She just doesn't know how to reload it. She did a good job firing the 9mm that Ryan (Stevens-teacher) let her use and I used it as well.

The first shot that I took was a bit... well, let's just say I had no idea what to expect. "A gun is a powerful thing." I practiced control and grip and didn't do too bad for the first time ever firing a weapon.

Monday

Today is day two that Kelly is in Boston.  The pugs and I slept on the couch tonight and woke to the sounds of the street sweeper going by...seriously?! Once they knew I was awake they wouldn't stop jumping on and off the couch so that I'd get up and feed them because you know they're starving to death! So, we got up and they ate, and I made coffee. They went out to do their thing and I sat on the deck with my coffee and enjoyed what is going to turn out to be a hot day.

I had to go get my car serviced today and I found out that my side panel under the pax-side door had a hole in it! Shit!
Jeff told me that it's because I don't drive it enough anymore. When I lived out in the country I was driving all the time and now, since I'm in town, I barely use it.  It's beginning to rust and it's 11 years old! He's going to fix it in the next few weeks when I go for inspection or else it won't pass inspection.

Sunday.

Today, we got up and I drove Kelly to the airport so she could go to Boston for training along with a couple other agents.
After they left,  I went to the grocery store and picked up a few items.  I got home and the Pugs kept looking out the window because they saw Kelly leaving with a suitcase. They aren't very happy.

Babz called me around 7 p.m. and asked if I would give her a ride home because Susan went home sick earlier. I told her we saw her when she left the airport and she didn't look very healthy.  She is having back spasms and in a lot of pain. So, I got there at 7:30 and we stopped for coffee then I took her home.  David called me when I got to Babz' and told me he was in Bangor picking up someone and was on his way home and didn't have time to stop and visit.

Another day.

Today, it was a slow day on the checkpoint with a few delays as usual. Around 3:00 in the afternoon, I developed the beginning of a migraine, where my neck was hurting and it felt like the major tension that normally happens before a headache.