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Wonderful Weekend!
Aug. 30th, 2011 07:25 amThursday work was absolutely crazy. I've gotten put onto an emergency issue and I realized I got chosen for this so I could tell the program "No, you smoke crack". Seriously. Yes, I'm probably being a bit conservative but its better safe than sorry where my job is concerned and its for the greater good of the hardware and the user schedule be damned. Anyhoo, got home in a rush on thursday night, plus a huge storm I drove in to get the boy. Got stuck at daycare while it blew over and then finally home. I had enough time, barely to get the boy settled, bottles washed and prepped and me fed before we headed out to go to house practice at the dojo.
This was the first time I'd picked up a stick/helmet since I believe, GULP, gulf wars. Yeah, I suck. I spent a bit yesterday looking for reference to me fighting past then and I couldn't. If I didn't talk about it in my journal, I guess it didn't happen. Which is sad in some respects. Tourney fighting is by no means my favorite but it is a big thing with the culture here in Atenveldt. I know I can get better and training is where we can do that. What I had not expected though was how my body was so out of shape for stances etc. I was kinda shocked, mel was too when I told him, how much my core and hips hurt. I've been working out since I got back to work but what I have been doing while good is not a good analog to getting my body back in fighting shape after a baby at least where my core is concerned. Everything I have been doing have not been a lot of twisting movements and I now need to work the obliques in that way. Plus, even years of martial arts have given me the ability to have a good stance but since the baby my hip shape (tilt, spread etc) have changed and that was a bit disconcerting to me. I thought I knew where I was placing things and they weren't where I thought. So, when I got home I was in pain and very fragile. Plus, Benton was crabby and I know that I will have to get a sitter for him during practice since I was too distracted checking on him during drills to really give it my all. Lesson's learned and that is okay. Just need to get Loralei on board for Thursday babysitting for a few hours twice a month.
So, friday dawned and I had things I had to get done before we left for town. I managed to get things going and we were out the door on the way to Prescott by 1045am. Our drive up was good and mel let me sew on my dress on the way. I got everything sewn on except the trim and the final strap since I needed to try it on to get the strap length correct. I ended up having to piece the strap together since my first strap was too short but it was all good. We tooled around downtown Prescott and hit some neat shops and the local yarn store before hitting up the Prescott Brewing Co for dinner. I had the lovely prime rib special. OMG. I have not had a steak that good since I left SD. It was better than Morton's in Chicago. Got back to the hotel and I worked on my dress. Mel was in rare form and was relentlessly picking on me. Sighs. Too much or too little beer in his system...not sure which (lol).
I got the dress finished up just at 10pm and then I got ready for bed and couldn't fall asleep. I had a really, really hard time. I finally drifted in and out of sleep but I'm pretty sure I only got a few hours and none of it was sequential. Benton was sleeping too deeply and I had to keep checking on him to make sure he was breathing. (Paranoid mom). Benton woke up with some coughing but he ate really good and we headed to the breakfast down stairs. I luv Holiday Inn. I luv their continental breakfast and we fueled ourselves up and then headed back up to the room to shower and change for the event.
I still haven't seen any photos of the weekend yet otherwise I'd show off the new dress and I was in "taking care of my fighter and son" mode all day Saturday so I didn't even think to pull my camera out for someone else to snap our pictures. I know there were tons of cameras going...so if anyone has links to pictures please comment below.
Last weekend mel had a really good day fighting and it got his head into the fight. This weekend he did just as well. He semi'd which is the second time he has done that and he lost to Craven who won the tournament. You can't ask for better than that...well, except winning the whole thing but honestly he's just coming back from being out for 6 weeks and us being crown for the first Estrella with a date move and a site move sounds like more work than we intended for a first time. I'm happy, he's happy and I'm really glad its Craven and Elzbieta...they will do a great job. Mel had some of his best fights I had seen. His fight with craven was lively and nail biting. I can't wait to see the video of it if it was captured. Again, if anyone has links please comment below.
Benton was okay during the day. He was warm and not wanting to nap much. I left him in the care of Ari and Loralei a few times so I could watch the tourney or handle a few things but he was just not wanting to miss anything. We got back to the hotel and got showers before heading with the rest of the house to the brewery. It was way too long of a wait for food. I guess next time we all need to put in separate table reservations cause it got messy. But we finally got seated and then got drinks and food. Benton fell asleep just before food and that was good.
Saturday night we all fell asleep just after 10pm and then we all woke up at 130am. Benton was coughing and then mel and I lay awake for a while. I'm still not sure what was up but I think I was just not comfy. We slept in a bit on Sunday morning but we got moving and checked out and to site on time. I had to run the artisan's display. Pictures are here. I'm still putting in descriptions and left my entry sheet at home.
Lady Caoilfhionn won all 3 prizes. She is such a talented lady. I sat and listened to her talk about her arts the entire display as she spoke with folks who came to see it. I taught arsenda how to knit and in general I had a good time. Benton was again a bit hot and not liking his teeth. We gave him some tylenol and that seemed to settle him in the afternoon and mel got him to take a nap for about and hour. After court we packed up with lots of help and then headed home. Mr. Benton fussed until we got onto the interstate and later we should have realized it was cause the sun was hitting him. He got a bit sun burnt from his mirror and I feel pretty bad about it. He wasn't the worse for wear, wasn't ouchy about it or anything...just pink. We got him home and got him a cool bath and lots of lotion.
I was so tired on Sunday night that I don't even remember falling asleep...just waking up to the alarm and snuggly kitties. The girls missed us and butterfly got reminded that she was not the alpha cat. They were both uber snuggly.
Well, that is the weekend. I'll hopefully have more pictures and things to link to later.
This was the first time I'd picked up a stick/helmet since I believe, GULP, gulf wars. Yeah, I suck. I spent a bit yesterday looking for reference to me fighting past then and I couldn't. If I didn't talk about it in my journal, I guess it didn't happen. Which is sad in some respects. Tourney fighting is by no means my favorite but it is a big thing with the culture here in Atenveldt. I know I can get better and training is where we can do that. What I had not expected though was how my body was so out of shape for stances etc. I was kinda shocked, mel was too when I told him, how much my core and hips hurt. I've been working out since I got back to work but what I have been doing while good is not a good analog to getting my body back in fighting shape after a baby at least where my core is concerned. Everything I have been doing have not been a lot of twisting movements and I now need to work the obliques in that way. Plus, even years of martial arts have given me the ability to have a good stance but since the baby my hip shape (tilt, spread etc) have changed and that was a bit disconcerting to me. I thought I knew where I was placing things and they weren't where I thought. So, when I got home I was in pain and very fragile. Plus, Benton was crabby and I know that I will have to get a sitter for him during practice since I was too distracted checking on him during drills to really give it my all. Lesson's learned and that is okay. Just need to get Loralei on board for Thursday babysitting for a few hours twice a month.
So, friday dawned and I had things I had to get done before we left for town. I managed to get things going and we were out the door on the way to Prescott by 1045am. Our drive up was good and mel let me sew on my dress on the way. I got everything sewn on except the trim and the final strap since I needed to try it on to get the strap length correct. I ended up having to piece the strap together since my first strap was too short but it was all good. We tooled around downtown Prescott and hit some neat shops and the local yarn store before hitting up the Prescott Brewing Co for dinner. I had the lovely prime rib special. OMG. I have not had a steak that good since I left SD. It was better than Morton's in Chicago. Got back to the hotel and I worked on my dress. Mel was in rare form and was relentlessly picking on me. Sighs. Too much or too little beer in his system...not sure which (lol).
I got the dress finished up just at 10pm and then I got ready for bed and couldn't fall asleep. I had a really, really hard time. I finally drifted in and out of sleep but I'm pretty sure I only got a few hours and none of it was sequential. Benton was sleeping too deeply and I had to keep checking on him to make sure he was breathing. (Paranoid mom). Benton woke up with some coughing but he ate really good and we headed to the breakfast down stairs. I luv Holiday Inn. I luv their continental breakfast and we fueled ourselves up and then headed back up to the room to shower and change for the event.
I still haven't seen any photos of the weekend yet otherwise I'd show off the new dress and I was in "taking care of my fighter and son" mode all day Saturday so I didn't even think to pull my camera out for someone else to snap our pictures. I know there were tons of cameras going...so if anyone has links to pictures please comment below.
Last weekend mel had a really good day fighting and it got his head into the fight. This weekend he did just as well. He semi'd which is the second time he has done that and he lost to Craven who won the tournament. You can't ask for better than that...well, except winning the whole thing but honestly he's just coming back from being out for 6 weeks and us being crown for the first Estrella with a date move and a site move sounds like more work than we intended for a first time. I'm happy, he's happy and I'm really glad its Craven and Elzbieta...they will do a great job. Mel had some of his best fights I had seen. His fight with craven was lively and nail biting. I can't wait to see the video of it if it was captured. Again, if anyone has links please comment below.
Benton was okay during the day. He was warm and not wanting to nap much. I left him in the care of Ari and Loralei a few times so I could watch the tourney or handle a few things but he was just not wanting to miss anything. We got back to the hotel and got showers before heading with the rest of the house to the brewery. It was way too long of a wait for food. I guess next time we all need to put in separate table reservations cause it got messy. But we finally got seated and then got drinks and food. Benton fell asleep just before food and that was good.
Saturday night we all fell asleep just after 10pm and then we all woke up at 130am. Benton was coughing and then mel and I lay awake for a while. I'm still not sure what was up but I think I was just not comfy. We slept in a bit on Sunday morning but we got moving and checked out and to site on time. I had to run the artisan's display. Pictures are here. I'm still putting in descriptions and left my entry sheet at home.
Lady Caoilfhionn won all 3 prizes. She is such a talented lady. I sat and listened to her talk about her arts the entire display as she spoke with folks who came to see it. I taught arsenda how to knit and in general I had a good time. Benton was again a bit hot and not liking his teeth. We gave him some tylenol and that seemed to settle him in the afternoon and mel got him to take a nap for about and hour. After court we packed up with lots of help and then headed home. Mr. Benton fussed until we got onto the interstate and later we should have realized it was cause the sun was hitting him. He got a bit sun burnt from his mirror and I feel pretty bad about it. He wasn't the worse for wear, wasn't ouchy about it or anything...just pink. We got him home and got him a cool bath and lots of lotion.
I was so tired on Sunday night that I don't even remember falling asleep...just waking up to the alarm and snuggly kitties. The girls missed us and butterfly got reminded that she was not the alpha cat. They were both uber snuggly.
Well, that is the weekend. I'll hopefully have more pictures and things to link to later.
