There has been a moratorium on fencing/spending money in my household for over a year now. I continued to have some contact with fencing by being the secretary of the division this past year, but I'm only fooling myself. I have handed the books over to the next secretary.

If you can't fence, you can't watch the game. If you can't watch the game you're out of practice refereeing, and then there's no point in studying for referee rating... you get my drift. Frustrating!

Now I can hardly find the blog section here! Maybe it's a sign.

It has been a terrific experience and I have met a lot of people, nice and not so nice. It's interesting to watch what people do under pressure.
I hope I have learned some good things in fencing, and I hope someone has come away the better because of me.

Next time, no more nice. Well, maybe.