not quite the eye of the tiger

It seems to always be feast or famine.

Either I am too busy doing fun things to blog about them, or my life is boring and I can't think of anything to say.

Blogging on a regular basis is much harder than I thought it would be.

Today I actually have something to talk about, and just enough time to say it.

Saturday I went to my first kick boxing tournament in Lethbridge. It was just a light sparring tournament - nothing major, but I was really nervous about it.

The worst part turned out to be before the tournament even started. After registering we had to wait for an hour and a half. All these tough guys standing around trying to look relaxed while they sized each other up. It made me feel really tense, but once it was time to fight, I relaxed right away.

There was only one other woman there, so we just had one two-round match. It was totally thrilling when, 10 seconds in, I realized that it was possible for me to beat her. I didn't, but it was a close match. I lost a contact lens, but just kept on going. I felt good about my performance, and could really see what I did wrong - much better than in class.

It turned out that it was her first tournament, too. She was really nice, and we chatted a bit afterwards.

Because there were just the two of us, they gave us the first and second place medals. I think of it as my participation award.

It was a really great experience, and I can't wait to get in the ring again.

If only I'd had the confidence to try something like this 10 years ago. Ah well, I'm having fun now!