#86 Go paintballing

My "starving student discount card" had a paintballing deal on it, and it expired September 1st...so naturally it was time to go paintballing!  So I organized a group of friends.  Even though it was something I wanted to do, I was TERRIFIED!  I had seen my brothers come back from paintballing with huge welts.  I'm not a huge fan of pain.  And people would be shooting at me?!  Scary!  Everyone laughed that I, the organizer, was the only one afraid to go.  Ironic, I know.  But hey--it's just like how I organized sky diving, even though it terrified me.  I think that morning was the most scared I've ever been in my life.  I was hyperventilating like mad and thinking "what am I doing?!?!"  Then it turned out not to be that scary, and afterward I wanted to do it again!

Luckily, paintballing had similar positive results.  All it took was getting shot right away during my first game.  Hey--that wasn't so bad!  I definitely got some worse stingers after that one, but it took away my extreme fear.  My moment of triumph was when I shot someone and I knew that it was me who had shot him (a few other times I *thought* I was the one who had shot someone).  And believe me, it's hard with those guns!  The paintballs go everywhere but where I'm aiming.  But that was a very satisfying moment.  :)

AND I came home with awesome welts to show off!

This pic is not doing it justice...I had a massive welt covering 1/4 of my upper arm :)

Would I go paintballing again?  Yeah.  Especially if it were outside and lasted longer.  Those speed rounds at an indoor place weren't my favorite.  Will I be the organizer?  Probably not.  I think I like laser tag better.  More shooting, less pain, cool courses.

My dollar today goes to buying 2 boxes of crayons for underprivileged kids to take to school.