The Combined Skills class is just a few days away.

I know there are slots still open for the class, but in all honesty I hope the class stays as small as possible. I know, selfish of me to say, but if there are fewer people it means a better teacher-to-student ratio. Better chances for more direct instruction, more time with eyes on me to help teach me and correct my problems, and hopefully more time on the line… don’t have to have 3-4 groups to rotate through, maybe just 2 groups.

But on the same token, I want to ensure that Tom Givens, SouthNarc, and Karl Rehn all get paid for their time and effort, enough to consider it worthwhile to do this again in the future.

That all said, foo.c and I have been preparing for the class. The weather is looking mixed. Temperatures should be pretty good, probably in the high 80’s to low 90’s at most — far better than the mid-100’s we’ve been dealing with all summer long. But rain chances continue to rise. While in some respects training in the rain will be good for us, I also don’t know how much it might screw with the class running smoothly or if it might flat out change some things done in the class… the weather may prevent certain things from being done at all. I don’t know, just have to wait and see. The way the rains tend to be working is heavy and sporadic. So some place will get dumped on for an hour, then that’s it for a while. But it can vary as some spots get nailed for a long time and get a lot of water dumped. This morning, the town of Wimberley (a bit south and west of me) got 3-4″ of rain just this morning. Ouch.

Consequently, a lot of foo.c and my planning is around the rain. Bringing additional guns, hoping for a chance to clean/dry the guns out during the course to contend with rust, bringing multiple changes of clothing in addition to rain gear and towels. It’s going to be… interesting.

I’m looking forward to it tho. It should be quite an educational experience. Long and tiring, but educational.