Yesterday we went out to play paintball in the woods, for the first time in about 2 years. My Spyder‘s still in pieces, so I borrowed Trevor’s 98… which wasn’t fun at all. Trevor’s had an A5 for years now, and it’s in tip-top shape – but the 98 is in desperate need of a rebuild.
Even though with the baby due any day, we’re forced to cut back on toys… I’ve been looking at the parts necessary to get my Spyder up and working again. I’m going to buy an aluminum clamping feed neck, because I’m sick of breaking the stupid clear plastic ones that Spyder thought would be a good idea. Then I just need to pick up the stuff from Mouser to drive the solenoid from my MSP-430EZ, and I’ll be able to finish writing the firmware for my custom trigger board and I’ll be in business.
As to how it went yesterday, it actually wasn’t bad. Usually when we play Paintball in Indiana it consists of me going out there after not having played in 12 months… running around for about 20 minutes until I think I’m going to die and then spending the rest of the day recovering.
Yesterday, we were severely lacking in people so we only got two games in, and despite trying to run my ass around the entire woods to flank Trevor… I felt pretty great. Perhaps keeping up with the karate is finally paying off!