Sniffle sniffle sniffle...

Well, this "thing" I've been trying to keep at bay for the last few days seems to have made some progress as now my throat's a little scratchy and my sinuses are getting a little stuffy. See? This is the one thing I dread during the season changes. I usually get sick for no apparent reason other than the temperature change. Frustrating for sure, but hopefully this will pass quickly without becoming a major ordeal.

Friday was a short day in the office for me as I was to be in Birmingham for a photo shoot after lunch. I got a couple of things taken care of before Lesa and I headed south armed with her Canon digital SLR and me with a Nikon one from the office. We got all our photos taken then took the time to drop Lesa's mtn. bike off at a shop there to get repaired. She had craked her frame at some point. While I was there, I checked out some of the bikes. Interesting stuff for sure.

Next, we headed over to The Summit to do some shopping around. At Saks, I looked at some of the new men's stuff at the Louis Vuitton counter. My LV wallet's a couple of years old and I was considering replacing it. I found a couple I liked but decided I didn't want to spend that kind of money on it right now. Also checked out some new threads while I was there but found nothing that really knocked my socks off. We bopped around to a few other stores and finally found several items we both liked at Bananna Republic. We continued on to Parisian where Lesa found some things to go along with some clothes she had also recently purchased.

All this walking and looking around worked up an appetite so we cruised over to P.F. Chang's for dinner. Lesa had some spicey beef dish while I had the duck. Mmmm mmmm good. No room for dessert though. We were both full. Thank goodness she was driving. It was nice just to ride along. She used to live in Birmingham anyway so it was easier for her to get around without having to tell me where to turn and such. On the way home, she tripped out over some of the 80's tunes I had on my iPod. Oh, it was sometime Friday when I realized that this cold or whatever I had was starting to overtake me.

I had plans to go shooting at the crack of dawn Saturday morning with Heavy E and Jack S. Called E and found out that he couldn't make it. I still got up in time to meet up with Jack at 6:30AM and head to Swan Creek though. After we got there, Ronnie and Michael joined us. Ronnie brought a good bit of his arsenal along, a few of which I wouldn't mind adding to my collection. There was bull-barrel Ruger 10/22 that I used to punch the bullseyes out of several targets. That was one sweet shooting gun. Then I tried Michael's Bushmaster .223... that was AWESOME! That's one fun weapon to shoot. At any rate, I got back to my pistols which both Jack and I shot. I also tried his .357 Magnum and .40 S&W. I can't express how pleased I am with my Sigs so far. Nary a hiccup after several hundred rounds. The new grips worked out great too!

After all the shooting was over, Jack and I headed to Huntsville to Larry's as he had never been there before. Jack's eyes lit up when we went in and he saw all they had to offer there. I met some more folks that work there so now I know John, Warren, Vince, Ben and Jim. The bad thing is that now they try and sell me something every time. LOL! I looked at a few things I was interested in that I'll know more about on Monday. Heh. I think Jack's trying to figure out how to fit this hobby in the budget.

Came home after that as I was feeling pretty crappy. Stayed home the rest of the day and did some laundry and watched TV. I played drums a little but I again felt lousy and went back to the TV. I hope I feel better at least for tomorrow morning. If I can make it through church okay, I can spend the remainder of the day resting, which won't be too bad.

Oh, congrats to the Burns on 2 big ones... sold their crack house in B'ham and picked up a new car.