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Paintball Wife Life

Jessica Glaze • Oct 21, 2014
Most of you probably don’t even know what my husband does for a living. What could possibly bring us all the way to Toronto, Ontario; Canada? His career really isn’t what he does, it’s who he is. Paintball.
WAY back in high school, I worked at a little shop in Naperville, Illinois called Bad Boyz Toyz. They sold skate boards and a bunch of my friends were skateboarders so they got me a job. BBT also sold paintball equipment. I knew NOTHING about paintball, but I learned and became pretty competent in the sport at the time so when I moved to San Diego, a friend offered me a few days of work at a paintball tournament. That is where I met Rusty. That is where I first saw the passion that man has for something I considered just a random hobby.
Some of you know that my husband actually played and now coaches professional paintball. Yes, that is a real thing! Magazine covers, autograph signing, pictures with fans, have all been a part of our life. We have also both been filmed over the past few years for a documentary coming out soon. Crazy, I know.
Through the years I have had a love hate relationship with the sport. I hate that it takes Rusty away from us many weekends. Not nearly as many now, but at a time it was most weekends in the year. I hate that I am constantly fighting with paintball for the number one spot in Rusty’s life. Okay, not true, but it does feel like that sometimes! I hate that our life, our schedule, our family revolves around the sport, its basically the fifth member of our family. But even with all that frustration, I love that it is my husband’s passion. I love that I have a husband so passionate about something. I also love the extra income. (Insert giggling emjoi here!)
So what my husband does for a living is live his passion. He is now the marketing director for a paintball and airsoft equipment distribution and retail chain that is nationwide in Canada. He has always (except for a few brief months) worked in the paintball industry, but now he is doing what he loves most and that is a combination of marketing and paintball. I have never met anyone who LOVES their job like my husband does. I mean, he never ever ever stops thinking about work and what he can do next for his company. If we won the lottery today, he wouldn't quit his job. How blessed are we that my husband is able to use his passion to financially support our family?
Source: http://www.badlandspaintball.com/welcome_rusty_glaze

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