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Tournament Traditions

The night before this three day tournament, I was exhausted, shivering, and my legs ached. I survived this tournament thanks to a combo of DayQuil/NyQuil and strategic napping on the bout committee stage. It is finished. It went well - no major snafus and we mostly ran to time, except on the Hell Day, but it’s called Hell Day, so there you go. I spent yesterday sleeping (i.e., watching episode after episode of Forensic Files on Netflix while dozing). Today I have staff development day and get to give a 5 min presentation I feel super under-prepared for and yet also way over-prepared. It’s freezing out, so I drove. Tonight, I crawl back into bed and I sleep.

I’m happy that this tournament went so well. It’s the boost I need for the tournament I’m running next month (my last of the season until Nationals). It was good to see my fencing people. It was good to be in that mode where you’re all working together to accomplish something, to do it quickly and well. 

Now to stare at a wall for 45 minutes until my meeting. 

9 years ago