I can't believe that I was coherent enough yesterday to function at all. I even had to compete for the second round of the tournament last night. It was tough. I was desperately tryingto rehydrate myself but my hands were cold and I was shaking like a heroin addict. It was aweful. I did the only thing I knew. I slammed two Gatorades and drank even more water. It was just enough for me to get into "competition mode". I won my match by winning the first three games straight. Then I coached John and he won his match by winning the first four games straight. Kick Ass!! All we need to do now is win one of the remaining three matchs on Monday and we're off to the final round on Wed night! And hopefully time for the rematch.....:) hehehe.... Anyways, time to go check out a house and see if we can get it. So I guess I might be moving next weekend....
5/13/03
Late night. I didn't get home until 2:00. I hate having to do that on a weeknight. But we won last night, The final round is Wed night, and the winner goes to Baltimore. I guess I better get some sleep tonight. So much going on right now. Hope that everything falls right into place by this weekend. :)
5/15/03
Too bad MindCage didn't make it out last night to see our team shoot. We won every match! (Sorry about that ;) So now we get to go to regionals in Baltimore!!!! (I wonder when that is???) I'm really exhausted today, because of celebrating afterwards. We got trophies and free shooters! This is going to be a grueling day, but well worth it.
5/18/03
It looks like it's going to be a busy, but short week so far. I'll just have to see how it all works out. Hopefully I'll be able to take Thursday and Friday off. I think that I've earned a little break. But I doubt it'll be much of a break. I'll probably end up finishing two big jobs by Wed, go compete for the summer season on Wed night, go on a little shopping spree on Thurs, help Brian move on Fri, maybe go to Baltimore to have some fun Fri night, go to a birthday party on Sat,.... It's starting to sound far too much like a planned and exhausting few days off. Must change that... but how? Do I really want to change that? I like to be busy. For the last 3 years, (ever since I quit some bad habits) I've started to have an incredible abundance of energy. It's kind of a curse to just do nothing. I go stir-crazy, unless I compensate with my imagination. And that in itself can be frustrating, to fantasize of such wonderful things and not have them come to fruition.
5/20/03
Just as I had suspected.... My weekend has become suddenly busy. It looks like Thursday off , Friday work, billiard competition in Baltimore on Sat evening (hopefully early), go to a birthday party Sat night, maybe move stuff on Sunday and Monday. I have to figure that one out. Maybe I ought to turn off my phone for the weekend and go to Baltimore on Friday night and compete and party on Sat..... That would be a good idea if I so much for the idea of taking a 5 day weekend and getting out of town.... hmmmmm
5/23/03
So much for having the day off yesterday. I had to work in the morning. But then I got to spend the evening shopping! I got some things that I was needing: shoes, shorts, jacket, hats, and sunglasses. Then I got to practice with Ali (We call him "Champ"", yeah he's that good at pool) Altogether, it was a really busy day. And now I get to look forward to today! I have to run out to Arlington and see if I can have my stick retipped, go by Hilti and have a drill serviced and pick up some supplies, go by Alexandria to get some other supplies, then off to Old Town to pick up Brian and back to Annandale to sign the lease.... From there, I have no idea what will happen. Maybe I'll spend the evening packing and just go to sleep early so that I can be ready to go to Baltimore by 2pm. Or maybe I'll go to Baltimore tonight and party so that I can compete hung over. Or who knows.......I guess I'll see....
5/27/03 (@ some ridiculous hour)
What a weekend.... Our team won $400! We won Sat night, so I went and drank my brains out with teh birthday girl later that night, so that I'd be hung over on Sun. For some reason, I'm an evil shot when I'm suffering from the night before. I only got 3&1/2 hours of sleep, so I was in really bad shape to show up at noon on Sun for our match. It worked! I went with the mindset of "I'm going to hurt someone's feelings!" And I actually did! This guy was so pissed that I thought he was going to smash his stick. I pretty much ran out 3 games straight on him. And for having a "rackless night" during the tournament, I think that some sort of plaque or patch or something was ordered for me. I'll have to see what it is when it arrives. Since our team won on Sat night and Sunday, we had to play Sun night. Unfortunately, we lost to the "ringer team" late Sun night. I didn't get home until 2. Slept for 5 hours and went to work, then picked up Logan and moved the rest of Brian's stuff into the house. My body is ragged, my mind is wonderously wired from all of the excitement, and I just can't sleep. For some reason, my head is filled and fascinated with the unusual conversations from this weekend. Maybe I'm just finding answers to questions that I don't know... yet...