OK, so the only people to fence were the younger kids who are really novices. My reach is twice as long as theirs so we fence at their reach. The are killing me. They don’t go for feints, my blade keeps getting tangled in their wheel, They beat me. I know, don’t focus on wins, focus on what you are doing and the touch. I keep overreaching and it is just getting to be too much. What is going to happen when I fence “real” fencers? I was tending to do better when I fence ...
Or maybe I'm just a wildly bouncing ball. Today was August 1st and practices on Sat. were to be from 3 during July so I showed up at 1 today and found myself all alone. Oops! Idiot! So I went to Target to buy a picture frame and walked around for a while, checking my cell phone occasionally for the time. [Pause to ask a rhectorial question: Why is it that stores never have clocks in them unless they're in the business of selling clocks?] Somehow, I managed to muggle the time and ...
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