... and Deliver me from Terrorist...

As a military family, especially one who has lived overseas, we have had a few OPSEC education courses. It's mandatory for us to learn what risks there are to our sponsors (the military member) and to our family. We're taught to be more aware, never at rest. Let's face it, people who would wish us harm are never at rest. I trust no one.
Remember my Pub Crawl? I was always scouting my exits and watching people around me. I am too much fun to go out with.

So imagine my concern one hot day (apparently this story is NOT set in England since we just skipped our second summer in a row) as I was weeding my garden, when in my peripheral vision, I saw two UPS guys walking towards my house. They were coming down the street that came perpendicular to ours. Since they were far away, I couldn't really get a detailed look at them -- not with trying to look like I wasn't aware of them and my yes-I-skipped-my-carrots-as-a-child eyesight.
I did watch them though. I watched them come closer and closer to my home.

How many times have you seen TWO UPS men together?
As for me, never.
How often do you see a UPS man without his big brown truck close enough to be framed with him in a photo?
Yeah, doesn't happen. These guys work with speed, so leaving a truck a few blocks away is not considered.

It wasn't until they stepped up on my sidewalk and I could see they really were coming TO MY HOUSE that I dared to look them in the eye and show them I had no fear. Bring it on, terrorist dressed like a UPS guy!

Then I laughed. hard. and ran to get my camera, while UPS man number one went for my water hose.
Son number one with friend. Don't ask.


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