Cultural Learnings
I am old. For a bit of midnight masochism, I decided to look at the updated points lists. Even with two completely crap results in a row, I am still 28th, which is higher than I was this time last year. Also, if you disregard all of the kids, I'm actually 10th. If I disregarded everyone who doesn't work for a living, or anyone born after 1983, I'm near, if not at, the top. This doesn't make me a better fencer, by any means, because I'm competing very, very badly right now, but it does put things in perspective. As gnorph so wisely commented in Richmond, "what we do is hard." I have to remember that, and realize that getting where I want to go in fencing might take longer than expected, but at least I'll have a bit of a life on the side. The masochist is rearing it's ugly head again, but I can't help thinking that only fencing would be too easy.....and boring as hell.
P.S. looks like maybe I'll still talk about fencing here, since some of y'all actually care. ;-)
P.S. looks like maybe I'll still talk about fencing here, since some of y'all actually care. ;-)