Auditory First

I almost forgot about an auditory first, at least for me (likely not for Maxx).

On Saturday, when we were home during the middle of the day and bopping around, as well as spending some time online, Maxx called out to me asking if I heard automatic gunfire.

Yes, you heard that right, automatic gunfire.

I ducked into the master bedroom and we were both trying to listen (hushing the dogs), and at first we thought maybe it had been some sort of construction noise, but then we both heard it again, and it was definitely automatic gunfire.

I've never heard that before in real life before, only on tv and in the movies!

Now, you'd expect that living in Nanaimo, we should have been on the phone to 911 in a panic, but where we live, we're not that far from the Nanaimo gun range, nor are we that far from the army base ... so we figured this was likely legitimate gunfire, since it wasn't just the one or two burst, but were spread out over time ....

.... although I do hope that I don't find an article in one of our local papers which indicates otherwise!