Now that the holidays are behind us, I’m happy that I’m getting back into my regular schedule again. That means my archery class is back on its timetable. It’s been a month since I last shot. That’s way too long.
It was sketchy at first – getting re-acquainted with my 20 lb recurve and arrows again. But after 45 minutes, my shots were getting better and my groupings hitting closer together. I was not sure I’d even hit a bulls-eye but after a short while, I did.
The group was smaller tonight (8 archers) which was fantastic because we could shoot all at once without waiting for a second line. This meant more practice time, even if our arms got a bit tired at the end.
We even got to shoot for cards to play Texas hold’em poker. Starting at the far line (18m) for the faced down cards yielded no results for me, but when we all moved up to the 15m line (second farthest), I pierced not one, but TWO cards. That illicited a little jump and a woot from me. Such a nerd.
When everyone got their 2 cards, we gathered around the table to throw down the first 3 cards, which came up 7, 8, 9. Then a 6 and an ace. I woot’ed again as I beat a pair with my straight. Yay! I won the 50/50, which was a whopping four bucks! It could have been a buck for all I cared. I nailed 2 cards in one go AND those 2 cards won the poker hand.
Colour me awesome.
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Girl!!!!! That’s awesome!
how about you come and shoot arrow with me and i’ll go and shoot pool with you?