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In case I miss you (quite likely with my babysitting schedule) good luck on your training trip! Speaking as an older person trying to do the work of someone 20 years younger (child care) you have my prayers and sympathies!

You can do it, I know! You are one tough hombre! Take care!

You can do it, I know!

Of course I will. I'm going to cheat. LOL! I'm 40. I'm going to get the job done the easiest way possible. I'll substitute experience for brawn.

I did get the instructor to admit that this was a training excersize that emulates what happens in the real world. I got him to repeat it several times.

I will pack accordingly. I'll even have extra items for my team-mates. And if I get in trouble for some of the things I take along, I can remind the instructor about the real-world bit.... In the real world, old guys pack stuff that the instructors may not think about. LOL!

Thanks for your well-wishes. ATRW has been a load-lightener when things get tough. I think about all y'all a lot.

/john