iu fall open

went to the iu fall open fencing tournament this weekend
my alarm went off at 9:30 because sabre registration closed at 12:30 and i wanted time to get up there and eat breakfast and the like
but i don't always get up right away (read: never get up right away) and most alarm clocks have this RIDICULOUS "FEATURE" THAT I HATE that makes them turn off if they go off for an hour EVEN IF YOU HIT THE SNOOZE BUTTON so come 11:30 i actually wake up, look at the clock, and panic
after grabbing the (thankfully mostly) prepacked stuff, tossing it in the car, getting quick directions for possible places to park from my brother, getting up there, parking, running (with all my fencing stuff) to the HPER building, i registered with 3 minutes to spare
i fenced sabre and tied for 3rd of 15 which means i renewed my "E" so i was pretty happy with that
then there was a break before foil (which i'm fencing to get practice seeing as i'm teaching a class in it), the foil pools, and a looooooooooooooooong break while they fought with getting the DE chart sorted out
i was seeded 14th of 29ish so i was pretty surprised and happy about that (must have been lots of beginners there) and was able to defeat the 19th seed in my first DE (barely) so overall i was pretty happy with the tournament
afterwards i hung out with misty and her roomie for a bit and got my hair put in a 'fishbone' (they said i should do that all the time, i'm FAR too lazy)
then i went home, slept, spent sunday lounging around, slept again, and i'm still a little sore from all that fencing...