Weekend in Herford Texas

This past weekend we were able to go and visit some of our friends in Hereford Texas. Lets just say I have never seen so many cows in my life. I am from Texas and still have never seen so much beef. We are talking thousands and thousands of cows. For those that don't know what Hereford means the definition is hardy English breed of dairy cattle raised extensively in United States . We had a wonderful time there. Although our friends thought that we were never coming back. I say this because we got there on Saturday early afternoon and left on Sunday evening. In the time that we were there we went Bowling , ate at a steak place, went to play pool and then also played golf the following day. They also wanted to take us to the Harley Davidson Store......and the list goes on. My response being the smarty pants that I am was " we don't have to do everything we will come back you know".

You know it is really funny how the lord puts people in your path and then it all turns in a big circle. I say this because our friends Roy and "Ya Ya" Dianara (I think that is how you spell it) Have been friends with Christina since her days at NMMI. Know I meet them because of Christina. When we were in Hereford Dianara showed us some pictures. It turns out that she was my Military Science 4 instructor. Well at least in PT. I did not recognize her without her glasses. Like I said it is just funny how this circle hits us.

When we went bowling we had a great time. It was a time to relax and enjoy the company of friends and Family. We had a little bit of friendly competition. There was a lot of trash talk and needless to say Roy and I won as a team. BOTH GAMES I MIGHT ADD.

Christina trying to go in for the kill

And then there was two.

The kill was a failure

Paul enjoying the defeat of the other team.

The next day was a good one we got to sleep in which was great and then went to play golf. I am not the best golfer and have only been doing it for about maybe a couple of months. I had not done any golfing since my accident about 9 months ago. So I was very rusty when it came to play the game of golf. Roy on the other hand was very serious about the game. Quite different then the people that I normally play with. I know that I am not good so I just practice hitting the ball straight, which is not very often. It was nice and we had a great time with them. Although I think Roy wished that I was better.......

Army Combatives Course





This week I had the opportunity to go to the Army Combatives course. It was nothing like I expected. There was a lot of physical contact. Lets just say at the end of the day I was gone...I would go to bed at 800. There was still light outside sometimes when I would go to bed. During the week we learned many different grappling techniques that at the end of the week we would be tested on. There was on day that we would all well most of us dread. On Thursday we got knocked out. Now I have been hit in the face before. Never this hard. The drill was that we needed to achieve the clinch four times. A clinch is when you grab your opponent or enemy not allowing them to punch or hurt you any more. As for me I did great the first time, as for the second and third time I had two bloody noses a cut lip and a small concussion. The final time I just took one hit and then dove right in and achieved the clinch. After all this I was glad that I finished the and passed the course. I mean if i did not pass that would have sucked. Being hit that many times and not pass would again sucked. So I was determined to pass not matter what. Well I did and that made me very happy. I felt like crap for then next couple of days...but it was all worth it all.














The Weekly Gordies

Gorda has always been a dog that loves her toys. They normally are all over the house. When she gets a stuffed animal the "stuff" that is in the toy ends up all over the house. When we were in angel fire NM there was this big red bulldog that now one wanted, so Christina and I took it home to Gordies. Since then she has been nibbling on it. I think she thinks that it is Chula..... Anyways she just ripped into it this week. Of course all of the "Stuff " was all over the place. Although she has no idea what is going on she killed the dog.

We think this is so funny but like the other dogs we need to teach her not to do this. So we were told that if we spray her with water then she will stop. All the other dogs hate this. Well not this ADHD dog, Gordies loves it. She drinks the water that we spray in her face.



And this has been another insight on the weekly gordies