...or scare me away.
For some time now, Muftak has been asking me if I'm going to play paintball with his team from work. The IT dept. is putting a team together to go paintballing soon and the spouses are invited. He's been anxious for me to participate since he's the one really pushing for it and the one who's organizing it.
Well, I have been saying that I don't know if I could do that or not. I mean, seriously, doesn't it hurt when those hard little balls of paint hit you???
He and Nitro both reassured me that they sting a little bit, but with some layered clothing on, I would be fine.
Muftak also assured me that we could do a "test run" before I committed to actually getting out there on the field with everyone else. That meant that today I put a heavy weight jacket on over my sweatshirt and headed outside to be shot with a paintball.
He and Nitro assured me over and over that I had on sufficient padding...but that I should wear the face guard...just in case.
So there I stood...
in our backyard...
in almost 70 degree weather with a quilted jacket on...
and a face guard that made me feel like Darth Vader.
Muftak aimed.
Nitro smiled.
Muftak fired.
And I squealed like a girl, i.e. wimp, when I was hit in the arm by the paintball.
OUCH!!!!!!
I jumped and yelled, "OW!!! That freakin' HURT!!!"
And how did the two men in my life react? The two men who should be most concerned with my welfare?
They said, "Oops!", covered their mouths, and LAUGHED at me!
The ball hit me on the bicep about in the middle...on the inside of my arm. You know, the most sensitive area on your whole arm!!! I have a purple bruise about the size of a half dollar where the stinkin' paintball hit me!
I had to laugh after the initial sting started to wear off, but SHEESH!!! That really HURT!!!
I just walked past both of them into the house and said, "Yeah....that's a big NO on playing paintball with all you guys."
I'm such a wimp.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
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8 comments:
Ouch, time for some mom revenge!
I am so totally with you!! No Thank You!
DId you see on the news the guy in Lincoln that accidently shot and killed his wife of like 6 weeks while he was pretending to search the house for intruders? There's another reason NOT to play with guns!
Ouch I agree no paintball.
Come on Tracie- paint ball is completely different than walking around your house with a loaded gun! Let's not get into a debate over gun control just because of a paint ball incident!
Sucker! You just stood there and let them shoot you? That's too funny. I'm kind of wondering why they want you on the paintball field so bad. Be happy it was just one paintball, most of those guys use automatic paintball guns now. In a game you probably would have been hit 5 or 6 times.
Turf Dad, I wasn't sure if I could take it or not, so Muftak suggested that he shoot me with one from across the yard so I would have an idea of what it felt like. And, yes, I'm going to have 'Sucker' tattooed on my forehead this week! lol
Wimp- Not!
Smart- Yes!
I can't believe you let them shoot you :-D
I would never let little paint balls head my way, never ever...but if you want to lob malted milk balls my way, have at it! ;-)
Ya know, if they wanted you to play on their team, you would think they would have been smarter about where they shot that paintball. hint: don't hit sensitive areas! (love yo castle girl. been away way, way, way, way too long!)
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