I did ok in Richmond..

We got back last night around 8:30pm from Richmond, and this is how the weekend went

We left around 11ish on saturday morning and got to Richmond around 5ish. After we got there we checked in and then my dad and I went over to get all of my stuff checked out. After that we went to dinner and then came back and watched the end of the heisman trophey award....After that I just laid in bed and eventually went to sleep.

The thing that sucked the most for this weekend was that my registration was from 7-8am....which my brain doesn't function much before 10am as it is. So I went over and got registered and had a lesson from Sasha. My aunt drove from Willimsburgh which is about an hour away to see me fence. At the begining of this trounament I was ranked dead last, 106. I started off ok in the pools. I beat the easy girl first and then my second opponent was Amy Orlando who is a beeeeeeeeeeeep...but we will just leave it at that. No one on our team really likes her. So I had to fence her second, and I ended up beating her in over time 5-4, and let me tell you, she was pissed. I felt pretty good after that bout, I though I would win atleast one more. I was in a pool of 7 mind you. Well, I ended up losing three of my bouts 4-5, 2 of them being in overtime and I lost the other one 3-5. I was really mad after pools because I didn't think that I would make it with only two wins.

After only like a 10min. wait, they posted the results and the de tables. I ended up tieing for 71st. Amy Orlando didn't make the cut. They drew the line right above her name. I just kind of laughed because I can't even begin to count how many time sthat has happened to me. So I won my first de. I was wining after the frist period 9-4, or something like that. Then something happened and she started to catch up. The final score of the bout was 15-13. Then I had to fence another de, and I lost that one. The girl that I lost to, her name was Lawerance. She fenced with a french grip and I don't like to fence people that have a fence grip just because it's alot harder to judge distance of how far you actually are from them. In the begining I was keeping the score tied 5-5. Then after the break she figured something out and ended up wining I think 15-11 or 9...somethtime like that. I was soooo mad at myself. She was ranked number 2 at the begining of the tournament and I think she was quite surprised when she fenced me. I think she thought that I would be an easy win, but she was wrong. I put up the best fight that I could.

In the end, I came somewhere in the top 64 which is not bad for my first national tournament like like 2 years. Hopefully I will do even better in the NAC that is in columbus in January. We left around 3 and then had dinner when we got home. What's funny is that I don't remember going to bed after dinner. I had taken some Nyquil because I am sick and I cough alot at night. My dad said that I had heard him eatting ice cream and that I came down after he was done eatting his ice cream and asked to have some. Then I supposidly went up stairs and ate it, but I don't remember that at all. My mom says that when she went to bed she took off my glasses, turned the tv off, turned off my light, and closed my door. I was out like a rock.

I got up around 10ish this morning and had a late breakfast with my parents and then around 11:45 my dad took both jeeps to get cleaned at clean town usa becasue they were filthy(sp) and we had to pick the dog up. I took the dog home so that my dad could to to Wallmart and now I'm sitting here writing this blog. I think I am going to stop here becasue if you made it this far you are probably tired of reading what I have to say. So until next time.....ttyl