IDPA - Always Add 3!

Over the past couple of months, Jon has hosted several IDPA meetings and classes in the finished basement area of our home. It has helped them save fees by renting other locations and it has everything anyone could need or want along with being very comfortable.

After the safety officer's class yesterday, I joked with Jon that anytime he sends me a calendar entry for an IDPA event at our home, I'm adding 3 hours to it. Yesterday's class was supposed to end at 3 PM. Jon and I made the agreement that when class ended and they moved into "BS mode" (the male version of female chatting), that I could go run some errands. Even with phone calls from his Dad and showing the Time Warner guy where our equipment was in the basement, Jon remained on schedule with his portions of the class that he taught. Since he was at the end, he felt compelled to speed up since one guy took an hour and a half longer than planned for his section! At 6 PM, students and instructors had finally left as Jon and I started cleaning up.

It can be challenging trying to keep Jonnie from going downstairs to see his Daddy since Jonnie knows that Daddy is still at home but just in another room. Luckily, everyone is always understanding and during the class when Jonnie did get downstairs, he did not cause any major disruption. The nice thing is that I know where Jon is and it's so much easier to make food for something when it doesn't have to be transported. Since we use disposable stuff, clean is up is generally left to serving dishes and glasses (paper can get soggy after a few hours) or mugs.

By the time everyone left, the hair cut place was closed for the day so we ended up sliding my errands to today which isn't a huge problem.

So, remember, if Jon tells you an IDPA meeting will end at a certain time, add 3 hours to that time!