So with Brandon home for the weekend, my non planned weekend with Maggie didn’t materialize but that’s ok.  Still bummed out by what happened to John but that’s the cycle of life.  Last week I got a set of Chinese repro Ops-core AMP helmet kit, they look pretty cool but I wanted to see how it fit before I sprung a lot of money for the real set and yeah they’re pretty comfy!

Locally Cold Harbour Supply sells them and when they’re back in stock I’ll get a set.  I have a pair of MSA Sordin Supreme Pro with the boom mic along with my NVGs and all this other crap on my head lol…  When am I going to use the headset, I don’t know maybe if airsoft survives C21 I’ll play with Brandon so fingers crossed there…

Back to the grind tomorrow, hopefully it’s an uneventful week!

This weekend was rather relaxing.  On Saturday I went out for lunch with Mario and it’s always nice to see that guy.  He’s doing well and has a lady friend back in Indonesia’s he’s been talking to so other than some light ribbing, fingers crossed!  It snowed a lot the last few days so both Saturday and Sunday we cleared the driveways, it’s not so bad when I have Brandon helping but obviously I’m doing all the heavy lifting lol.

Brandon is going to a Scout camp and the long range forecast looks like it’s going to be cold, in the range of -20C so I took out my US Army Modular Sleep System and buttoned everything together.

I’ve used the sleeping bag in the past when I played airsoft in the winter in -30C weather so it should keep him warm when he goes to bed at night.  Slinky approves and has been napping on it all afternoon & evening, pretty damn cute.  Unfortunately it’s heavy but it’s not like he has to trek very far carrying it so he’ll be fine.

Other then that I took apart my AN/PVS-14s today the one I got from Mario for some reason didn’t have a focus ring collar so I disassembled that unit to install it and cleaned it out as well.  They’re rather simple devices so I opened up my old one to clean out too.  I don’t have a way to purge the air so before I put on the ocular lens, I went to my garage where it’s cold to seal up the unit.  Figure there’s much less humidity in the air in my cold garage vs my warmer basement.

Weekends always go too fast and back to the grind tomorrow…

Our weekend started off sad as we went to Aaron’s funeral and I have to admit it was pretty devastating.  We saw some of Brandon’s elementary school friends along with some of his old teachers and everyone cried, cancer sucks for anyone but when it afflicts a child it’s even worse.  I was annoyed at one thing though, after the funeral and paying our respects, a woman from their church went right to Brandon to invite him to attend and to ask him about Jesus.  What nerve to try and recruit at someone’s funeral, first we’re not religious but she thinks that we should give worship to a god that gave Aaron leukemia?!?  If that god exists, it’s a malevolent one and not worthy of people following it.

The rest of the day was rather quiet, we came home and had a quiet afternoon/night.  Today is the lunar new year (year of the rabbit) and I want to wish everyone health and prosperity!  Maggie took Brandon to play badminton, he’s going to join the school team so he wanted to do some practice and when he came home, I took him to Sail to pick up a knife.

He’s earned the right to have a knife in Scouts and I wanted to get him something nice but not too expensive because I know he’s going to lose it lol…  I remember when I was able to carry a knife in scouts and now he’s continuing the tradition. 🙂

Haha I’m not dead, just lazy.  I don’t know why but I don’t have much enthusiasm to blog these days, it’s a phase and I’m sure I’ll get over it.  Just wanted to say Merry Christmas to everyone, it’s not a holiday I particularly care for but Brandon enjoys it and I like giving gifts out.

Got Brandon a bunch of small stuff along with a new Nintendo Switch game, Maggie some things to keep her warm in the cold and a new leather spring/fall jacket.  Maggie got me a war belt from Persec gear, Barry makes some nice stuff and another Arcteryx jacket lol.  This one is nice, light and small so I can easily bring it with me everywhere.

While I don’t care about the commercialization of Christmas, I do enjoy the time it allows me to spend with the family and allows me to reflect on how well my life has gone.  Things aren’t perfect by any means but I know I have it good compared to others and I couldn’t be more thankful.

Brandon’s going to compete in the Ontario Open BJJ competition and I’ve signed him up for some private lessons.  Today he was learning from Ethan (who recently won silver in Abu Dhabi) and Brandon quite enjoyed it!

Kingston his partner will be competing too so both of them were running drills for an hour straight, before their actual BJJ class and I’m glad that my boy loves this sport. 🙂

Yesterday I put the snow tires on both cars and man it’s so much easier to work in a double car garage!  No moving cars in and out, working in tight quarters and made things so much more efficient.

Next year I’m going to buy a new car lift, the old one still works but takes forever to jack the car into position. Mmm brand new snow tires for the winter and timing couldn’t be better as there’s suppose to be flurries this weekend. 🙂  Swapped Maggie’s tires too, there’s one more season with hers then it’ll be time to get her a new set too.

While Halloween is a fun day for kids, it’s a very special day in our family because it’s the day we got Slinky and it’s his 7th anniversary!

He’s been such a wonderful pet and our family is better with him in it.