Decisions...

I've got a decision I need to make.

As I've mentioned, over the past couple of years I've been getting myself in better shape. I've lost a significant amount of weight (> 90 pounds); I've started exercising regularly; I've gotten myself off blood pressure medications. I've been doing it primarily for my kids - both so I'm around longer (there's a family history of heart disease) and also to set a better example for them (better a fit-and-trim daddy who eats healthy food and works out than a fatass who eats junk food and sits on his ass...)

But there was a secondary reason.

I want to join the town police force.

Police work is in my blood. My dad's a retired state cop. My grandfather was a town auxiliary officer for many years. I have too many aunts/uncles/cousins/etc. on various local and state police forces to mention. I didn't go into the "family business" as a young man because, quite frankly, I didn't have the temperament for it.

I think I do, now. And I'm in the best shape of my life.

There's no age limit to joining the town force as a reserve officer. I don't have any reason to think I couldn't handle the physical requirements. I know my record's clean (just renewed my LTC).

So... Officer Jay. Sounds kinda cool. I wonder if they'd let me carry my grandfather's Colt Official Police?