My day ended up different than I planned/thought it would be today, but not in a problem way.
The lady from my class that I was supposed to go shooting with tonight, cancelled due to work stuff. At least she let me know early in the day, rather than very last minute or not at all.
So I ended up going to the gym for a run in mid-afternoon, then my mom came to the range with me a little earlier than I'd have been going with Mary.
My shooting is getting a lot better. I'm still all over the target at 50 feet, but at least I'm hitting the 8x11 piece of paper-sized target at that range, and many of the shots are within the greater circular ringed area. Still some work to do there.
At 25 and 15 feet, I'm getting fairly consistent. I'll still put some odd shots low or off to the right in the white 8 and 7 rings, and a very few outside of that, but I'm putting lots of them, a large majority, within the 9-10-x black area, which is about a three-inch circle on these targets. I am not shooting fast, but I am developing accuracy, and that is my goal. I shot a little more than 200 rounds today, and I definitely notice a curve of accuracy and steadiness falling off after a point. Just another thing to work on, being able to maintain the mental and physical states for longer.
So meanwhile, no phone call. Not even the "bad news." They completely flaked on me. And due to the way my day ended up fitting together, I did not call them back today. Which is fine, really. Today was the last day of the week within which they'd said I would hear from them. I will take the number to work tomorrow, and call them in the morning, and I think that is appropriate timing.
Maybe I was supposed to "follow up" sooner. I don't know. To me, when someone says, "You should hear from us within a week," I feel that it is rude to start calling them before that time period is up. But it is also rude not to hear from them in that time period. So the week is up, and I will call tomorrow, and find out whatever can be found out.
The good news is, I was zoned enough on the shooting that I actually forgot about the phone call thing until a few minutes after getting back. Then I remembered, checked the messages, sure enough, no message (we'd left around 4, so they still had some of "business hours" they could have called in while we were gone).
Oddly, I'm kind of over the anxiety about it. I'm sure I'll be jumpy when I call them tomorrow, but it's like... I had this "deadline" in my head of when they said they'd call, and now that's passed, and I feel like there isn't really any question left of the outcome. If somehow, something happened, and I call tomorrow and there's somehow good news, I'll be elated, but... I feel like the doubt is over and I don't really have to worry about it anymore. We'll see. I'll find out for absolutely sure from them, whether I get right through to the right person tomorrow, or whether I still have to wait for a returned call. And then I will begin thinking seriously about how to pursue this goal beyond this avenue.
Meanwhile, it's a beautiful evening. I should... take a walk this evening or something.
The lady from my class that I was supposed to go shooting with tonight, cancelled due to work stuff. At least she let me know early in the day, rather than very last minute or not at all.
So I ended up going to the gym for a run in mid-afternoon, then my mom came to the range with me a little earlier than I'd have been going with Mary.
My shooting is getting a lot better. I'm still all over the target at 50 feet, but at least I'm hitting the 8x11 piece of paper-sized target at that range, and many of the shots are within the greater circular ringed area. Still some work to do there.
At 25 and 15 feet, I'm getting fairly consistent. I'll still put some odd shots low or off to the right in the white 8 and 7 rings, and a very few outside of that, but I'm putting lots of them, a large majority, within the 9-10-x black area, which is about a three-inch circle on these targets. I am not shooting fast, but I am developing accuracy, and that is my goal. I shot a little more than 200 rounds today, and I definitely notice a curve of accuracy and steadiness falling off after a point. Just another thing to work on, being able to maintain the mental and physical states for longer.
So meanwhile, no phone call. Not even the "bad news." They completely flaked on me. And due to the way my day ended up fitting together, I did not call them back today. Which is fine, really. Today was the last day of the week within which they'd said I would hear from them. I will take the number to work tomorrow, and call them in the morning, and I think that is appropriate timing.
Maybe I was supposed to "follow up" sooner. I don't know. To me, when someone says, "You should hear from us within a week," I feel that it is rude to start calling them before that time period is up. But it is also rude not to hear from them in that time period. So the week is up, and I will call tomorrow, and find out whatever can be found out.
The good news is, I was zoned enough on the shooting that I actually forgot about the phone call thing until a few minutes after getting back. Then I remembered, checked the messages, sure enough, no message (we'd left around 4, so they still had some of "business hours" they could have called in while we were gone).
Oddly, I'm kind of over the anxiety about it. I'm sure I'll be jumpy when I call them tomorrow, but it's like... I had this "deadline" in my head of when they said they'd call, and now that's passed, and I feel like there isn't really any question left of the outcome. If somehow, something happened, and I call tomorrow and there's somehow good news, I'll be elated, but... I feel like the doubt is over and I don't really have to worry about it anymore. We'll see. I'll find out for absolutely sure from them, whether I get right through to the right person tomorrow, or whether I still have to wait for a returned call. And then I will begin thinking seriously about how to pursue this goal beyond this avenue.
Meanwhile, it's a beautiful evening. I should... take a walk this evening or something.