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rmToday I apparently need to wear a sign stating that I am not pregnant. Really. NOT PREGNANT. I mean, a Japanese woman on the subway offered me her seat and no matter how hard I tried to turn to down she and her "omg, you are pregnant and carrying fencing equipment" broken English/random sign language could not really be thwarted.
Speaking of fencing, do I go tonight? It's 95 here with awful humidity. I get out of breath walking a block in a sun dress in this, and our salle is not air-conditioned. It is hard for me to make reasonable decisions about this sort of thing, largely because I've never been an athlete before (am I even one now?). I do poorly in extreme humditiy because of my heart murmur and because it's important to me to refuse to accept physical limitations because they make other people more comfortable, it's hard for me to gauge what a reasonable amount of pushing myself is. Also because we train "as if preparing for a real engagement" it's hard for me to justify not going in terrible weather. I have to be able to fight in terrible weather! Of course, if I were a real swordsman, I'd just not leave the house on days like this. I mean, seriously. DO NOT WANT. So what do I do? Do people really train in weather like this?
Today the MTA fails! Aside from people in my neighborhood hitchhiking to get to work, I had to take the bus to the west side to get the train downtown, which took HOURS, and really, really shouldn't have. Perhaps LJ and the MTA should switch responsibilities for a week. It couldn't be worse.
But, excellent things just arrived from Amazon. Coast of Utopia soundtrack and Flyboys DVD.
Speaking of fencing, do I go tonight? It's 95 here with awful humidity. I get out of breath walking a block in a sun dress in this, and our salle is not air-conditioned. It is hard for me to make reasonable decisions about this sort of thing, largely because I've never been an athlete before (am I even one now?). I do poorly in extreme humditiy because of my heart murmur and because it's important to me to refuse to accept physical limitations because they make other people more comfortable, it's hard for me to gauge what a reasonable amount of pushing myself is. Also because we train "as if preparing for a real engagement" it's hard for me to justify not going in terrible weather. I have to be able to fight in terrible weather! Of course, if I were a real swordsman, I'd just not leave the house on days like this. I mean, seriously. DO NOT WANT. So what do I do? Do people really train in weather like this?
Today the MTA fails! Aside from people in my neighborhood hitchhiking to get to work, I had to take the bus to the west side to get the train downtown, which took HOURS, and really, really shouldn't have. Perhaps LJ and the MTA should switch responsibilities for a week. It couldn't be worse.
But, excellent things just arrived from Amazon. Coast of Utopia soundtrack and Flyboys DVD.
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Date: 2007-08-08 09:03 pm (UTC)First, above all else, you have to take care of yourself. If you can't get yourself there and back safely due to the weather, stay in.
Other than that, you should go, and trust your maestri to set you an appropriate level of work which won't be dangerous to your health and will help your training, no?
Don't die, it would make us sad.
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Date: 2007-08-08 09:13 pm (UTC)