Pans - Day 1 Con't

I got to the tournament, paid $10 for parking, and made my way inside.  It's a pretty big place, not as big as the venue for the World's, but still pretty big.  There were all the usual stands -- Atama, Jiu-Jitsu Pro Gear, Keiko, Vulkan, Gracie Mag, the Brazilian BBQ, and the Acai ice cream with granola and sliced bananas on it (soooo good!).  I took a couple pictures and then started trying to find the stand to pick up my event t-shirt.  I wanted to get my t-shirt right away because there were already a lot of people there and I didn't want them to run out of size small.  At last year's World's I had to get a medium that I don't even wear :(  Eventually I found it -- downstairs in the competitors area.  I had never seen a line so long to get a shirt!  I was a little worried they wouldn't have my size, but after standing there for 45 minutes I found out they did!!

I went back upstairs and found a good seat to settle in at for the day.  I watched hours of matches and finally left the tournament a little after 4:00pm.  It wasn't over yet but most of the blue belts were done and the next 3 hours of the schedule were supposed to be white belts.  I did want to see the blue belt male open division but it wasn't scheduled until 7:00pm and I just didn't want to sit through all those white belts to see it.  My drive back to my hotel is supposed to only take 15-20 minutes and it took me an HOUR!  Ugh, traffic was so bad.

Now I think I am going to head over to the 24 Hour Fitness and do a little cardio and kill some time!

All Nighter!

Today I worked 7:00am to 3:00pm, stayed at the gym and put together some new gym equipment, cleaned some gym equipment, did my cardio, canceled Kids BJJ class due to snow, took apart an old piece of gym equipment, put a new one out on the floor, went out to dinner, then to Wal*Mart to pick up some tissues and cough drops -- yeah, I'm sick :( -- and now I am back at the gym to start working the overnight shift! 11:00pm to 6:00am!!! and I am already sleepy - YIKES!  Wish me luck!

Traveled down to Charlotte, NC this weekend with Dave and Bud to pick up some new gym equipment.  The first part of the trip was fine.  Loading the equipment took a little longer than anticipated, but that still wasn't bad.  Driving home in a 26ft U'HAUL towing a Jetta behind it, not so good!  Making a u-turn in that thing was impossible!  It ate gas too, and we probably averaged about 55mph on the way home!  We left at 6:00am Sunday morning and got back around 2:00am this morning.  Coming home was sort of a nightmare, but it was worth it; we got an amazing deal on 11 pieces of Nautilus gym equipment.