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tallmike wrote:Oh, I'm definitely going to vote for getting old... =)

Thanks Mike I needed that

puma guy wrote:Did you remember to unplug the coffee pot and lock the front door? You have moved from cognitive recognition of normal acts to habitual or automatic mode. OR you may be getting old. Maybe the latter since you think in 8mm Black and White. That's funny!

considering I forgot my sidearm, everything always aches, I use term/phrases that make my kids look at me like I all of a sudden started speaking a foreign language, everything I eat give me gas and I have had to update my Rx for contacts three times in two years.... I'm going with; just getting old!

With any luck this will be one of the days I forget

This morning my life flashed before my eyes!!! and when it happened I must have turned white as a ghost because the lady at panda express even asked, Sir are you okay?

I was adjusting my shirt as I approached the counter and something felt strange, As I ran my hand across my holster (owb @ 3 oclock) it was EMPTY !

Instant panic !

I have been to the barber shop, gas station, car wash and now panda express and somewhere along the way I have lost my pistol!!!!!

I'm thinking... well... this is a family site so I can't really tell you what I was thinking but I'm sure you can imagine.

Instantly my morning is running through my mind like an old 8mm home movie. Black and white flashes, snapping one after the other, each a moment in time that day.

Just as the nausea reaches the lump in my throat, I remember, I never opened the safe this morning!!! After getting holstered up, my normal routine was interrupted by my 3 year old dressing herself. She had gotten her shirt stuck on her head and asked for help. I had gotten side tracked getting her ready and never put my gun in the holster.

The head spinning, heart pounding anxiety is starting to subside but I though I was going to lose it for a minute there.

This is just another Situational Awareness lesson learned.