Why I Do Stupid Stuff When Sick

Sick Me Sitting Down

VS.

Sick Me Standing Up

One of my New Year Resolutions is to actually take it easy when I'm sick. But Sitting Down Me is pretty sure I can do all the things that Standing Up Me is pretty sure will kill me.

Sigh, I need to pick easier resolutions AND kick this cold before next week.

Stabbed in the Face: Day 2

Astute readers may have noticed that I didn't list the lessons I learned from getting stabbed in the face and having my fencing mask bash me in the nose. That was because I didn't, at the time, think I had learned anything new.

Stabbed in the Face = Bad  (yep learned that already)
Wear Safety Equipment (yawn)
Ice Injuries (holding a pint of ice cream against it counts, right?)
Don't Taunt Your Opponent (don't plan to learn that lesson)

Day 2 and my face hurt. I assumed because my nose wasn't broken, the bleeding stopped pretty quick, and there was minimal bruising and swelling on my nose and eyebrow that I could ignore it. But Ouch. All Day Ouchy - Ouch.

Soooo then I decided to go to BJJ. You know, the class that squishes your face.

I got to learn my lesson after all.

Pain Makes You Stupid

I was so distracted by the pain in my face and nose that I made stupid errors in my hand and arm placement that got my fingers rolled back. That distracted me to somehow twist my elbow (not bad, but still). Most of all I just couldn't CONCENTRATE any time pressure was applied to my nose.

I left before I had more body parts in pain than I had ice packs and I'll be fine in a day or two.

Sigh, learning stuff sometimes kind of sucks.

Mask Fit Check

I asked my Fencing opponent to stab me in the face multiple times to see if I had gotten the Velcro on my mask and overlay fitted properly..... Good news: the overlay stays on! Bad News: Ouch!

Iron Gate HEMA at Fechtschule Sacramento 2019!

https://youtu.be/9XyAtWK6Ink

Fun at HEMA tournament: Swords, Blood, & Excitement!!!

I Have Found the Perfect Icing Combo!

There are two things that all my friends and family know about me: 1) I get bruised a lot and 2) I hate the cold. I put off icing injuries because of how much I hate the cold.

Wednesday I found the perfect solution! Wrap a refrigerated beaded cold pack around the injury and put the waaaay too cold freezer pad under it to keep the beads from warming up in 3 seconds like they normally do!

Now if I could just find a way to make myself actually REST injuries....

New Sword Bag!

After a cup of Komodo Dragon coffee and about 10 more caramels than the recommended serving size, I decided I needed a bokken bag. Amazon didn't have anything I liked so pulled out my sewing machine Kimmy and whipped one up. Remember the coffee? I tend to sew "things" when I have too much caffeine. 

I reached for the black and red cloth and then.... my hand touched the baby blue and it just spiraled out of control. The plus side is that A) I don't need to write my name on it B) It doesn't really look threatening as a weapons bag C) I still have room to had more sparkly stuff to it!

I am really glad that I have an instructor that is okay with my … self-expression.

Construction notes: The bottom is reinforced with a foam drink cozy, a plastic bracelet is sewed between the layers of the top to give it form, some of the patches are coin purses (this gives the bag some pockets for the tsuba, keys, mouth gaurd, etc.), holds two bokken.

Leader of the Pack

I was sitting there watching a dog training show and thought "Hey, that looks so easy, I should do that to show that I am the leader of the pack and it will make everything so much better!"

                            
Then I remembered that Kepi is a cat and will never regard me as a leader of anything. I subsequently admitted to myself that I was too lazy to own something that required training.

Cat Life Forever! Do Whatever You Want Kepi!