rearrangement of priorities

[anotheranon]

Truism of life: sometimes you have to give up one thing to get another.

I just sent in my withdrawal from Summer Nationals, and canceled my room reservations :/ It's disappointing (for me, for D., and for D.'s mom, who we'd have been seeing) but I'm trying to save every scrap for the down payment. It works out, as home visiting was likely going to eat up extra training time, so I doubt I would have been ready.

I'd be more crushed if there weren't a NAC (and umpteen other competitions) coming up in the fall. This gives me more time to concentrate on my latest ongoing effort to see what my opponents are doing, put a name on it (offense, defense, feint, preparation), and come up with a solution to it.