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I did an HEB walk today, Walmart will have to wait until tomorrow. However, it still served the purpose of the first public carry. I put on one of my nice Hawaiian shirt (I felt silly putting it on, but Aggies know enough to respect tradition ) and went in to get a few odds and ends. I noticed that I would nervously pull down the front corner of the shirt on the strong side every so often, but other than that all went well. I'm sure that little nervous tick will go away with time.

For the record, I carry as cocked-and-locked as a striker-fired pistol can be.

My wife knows I'm getting my CHL, but I don't know if she is aware I just got it or not. For all I know, she may think I've been carrying already, but I'm going to see how long it takes for her to notice.

Thanks, AddyLo... I'm gonna knock that out this afternoon. Now, if only my Kholster would come in, because I really don't like this Uncle Mike's IWB holster. It's awful.

PLASTIC!

No plastic in the mail today... guess Walmart will have to wait until tomorrow.

My status changed sometime between Saturday morning and Sunday evening. You would assume nobody is working on that over the weekend, so I chalk it up to some sort of timed/scheduled backend data update.

Got the crazy weekend update!!! Waitin' on the mailman...

"Application Completed - license issued or certificate active" - 4-18-2010

SecedeTX wrote:This is worse than waiting for Santa!!!!

I'll second that. Given the timelines of others, mine SHOULD be getting approved "any day now". In the meantime, I'm ordering accessories! Kholster, 5.11 carry belt, extra magazines for IDPA, tac light...

Edit: you guys gave me the idea to email DPS a status request, checking that the fingerprints and photos were ok... it came back pretty fast as follows: "The application is near completion. Thank you for your continued patience. The photos were accepted." tick tock tick tock...

CHL class 3/18, applied to DPS 3/19, PIN received 4/2. "Processing Application." Hurry up already!