Warning: I did that thing were I complain about life before I get to the fencing news. I highlighted the fencing information though so you can just, skip the emo rant if you want.
It has been a cruddy week. Seriously, I wish I could hit the restart button and just try again.
I got a job, and it does not pay well and it is only part time, and I do not like it one bit. It involves moving giant buckets of paint from one place and putting them in a van, and driving said van far away so I can put the buckets of paint in another place. But, at least it is some extra income and gets me out of the house, so that is good. And while I am at this job, it won't interfere with fencing like retail jobs have a tendency to do.
I have a few people who are trying to hook me up with some jobs too. Hopefully I can find something decent soon. I am qualified for stuff... I mean where are all those jobs where someone sits in a cubicle looking at tps reports?
I guess I just did not see myself delivering paint after I graduated college. I don't know what I did see, but it certainly was not this. My family all want me to go to grad school or law school, but the lack of money is what has me working where I am. I really just want a job working in the world of fencing, but I am not qualified to teach yet and that is really the only avenue of fencing income I can think of (aside from being an equipment vendor, but I don't know anything about that either.)
Once the wifey graduates from law school things will be better. She has found a new job (knock on wood, as she has only had the interview. She says it went well) She will be working for our alma mater doing something with people setting up trusts for the school. This is a good thing for her as this is exactly along the lines of what she wants to do when she gets out of law school. Not to mention the pay won't be so bad. I can be a house-husband. I am okay with that.
It really comes down to the fact that when everyone else was deciding what they wanted to be when they grew up, I decided to never grow up. I never really gave myself a push in any direction while at school and just spent my time worrying about girls and fencing. It is a wonder I got out of there at all. Now I am a 26 year old fencer with a pretty weak resume that pretty much says "average student, manager at blockbuster, great rear end." actually I haven't added the rear end thing yet.
I am sorry to go on and on like this, just need to be a little emo girl every once and a while I guess. But enough of that crap, let us discuss fencing:
Fencing Information
This week in club our primary epee coach was out of town doing important primary epee coach stuff. (i.e. I have no idea where he went.) It was still a good practice last week though because we had our resident international fencing star there to run drills with us, even if he is a foilist. We had an out of town visitor come and fence with us on Wed. It was great having a fresh face for practice. He was a good fencer and I am glad he came. If you ever come back to Charlotte look us up and we can get our fencing on.
Today was the club tournament that I had mentioned in previous posts. It was not a strongly attended event. Indeed it was only club members and there were 6 of us. I seeded last out of pools. sigh. I hate pools. I managed to finish second of the six of us. There was not too much other than that, it was a kind of like fencing after our lessons. When you are only fencing the people you fence with all the time the game seems different. Still lots of fun though.
I just need to figure out what it is about pools that has me all skidaddled. I don't know if it is mental, or tiredness, or lack of warming up, or an ancient Egyptian curse.
We had the saber event and despite a hand full of registrations on FRED we only had four people come and only three of them could fence. I don't know if the people that make such decisions plan on having it again, but I hope so. I like saber and would not mind fencing it, I just can't afford to get all the stuff right now. Some of the people there said if we do it again they might be able to hook me up with some loaner gear. That would be fun.
Thanks to the one guy who came not from the club, congratulations on the saber medal. And thanks to the observer for coming and hanging out with us. At least I got home by three so I could take a much needed nap.
I really want to go to the Atlanta tournament this weekend but I have broken both of my blades. (Actually they were my wife's and were rather old so it is not the most surprising thing.) Dunwoody has a strong A2 and a team event. It would be fun. But I need to look at the resources. between weapons and gas things are looking shaky at best.
that is really all I have to say today. I think I am going to pour some alcohol into a cup and watch root on the twins so they might defeat the vile redsox. Thanks for reading and have a great day and happy fencing.
05-11-2008 08:19 PM