Dragonslayer 2014 GBUM

Good

• I made the decision to not try for Dragonblinder. This meant that I got to shoot with no pressure.
  
• Being stress free, I shot well enough to qualify for the finals, if I'd been vying. Later shoots from the tree stand suggest that I had a shot (heh) at it. Still, how well would I have done if I was feeling all that pressure? I want to just enjoy myself at events.
  
• I certainly enjoyed doing the Hidden Treasures shoot with Billy and Sasha (which reminds me, I should submit her last Royal Round score).
  
• Tied for third on Hidden Treasures! Three more scoring arrows and I'd have won.
  
• As I mentioned, a bunch of us wandered over to the tree stand and shot for about a half an hour. The benefits of being a Senior Archery Marshal.
  
• Hung out with some cool people.
  
• Managed to take the gate sheets from a B to an A-.
  
• Decent steak dinner.
  
• Lots of archery talk during court. Lots of deserving folks got awards.
  
• Met new folks.

Bad

• Sometimes, when drinking, I don't get any of the good feelings associated with being inebriated - all I get is the depressive effects. That happened Saturday night. Thankfully, I'm getting better at identifying that feeling earlier, so at around 11:30 Saturday night I opted to stop drinking and simply go to bed. The party continued into the wee hours, and I missed what sounded like some good times. However, I also didn't get that alone-in-a-crowd feeling that triggers a depressive incident.
  
• It was pissy-to-rainy most of the weekend. The tent is currently drying out in the garage. Not sure if it was worth camping - I might have had a better time sleeping in my own bed.
  
• Consequently, I'm dog tired today, even with (or possibly because of) a two-and-a-half hour nap.

Ugly

• Nothing really, since I managed to blow out that depressive ember before it roared to an open flame.

Meh

• More evidence that some people who used to be good friends simply don't think I'm worth the effort anymore. I'm still trying to decide how I feel about that, which is why it's not in the "bad" category above. I've seen this happen to enough other people that I don't feel this is necessarily my fault. Normally my hyper-vigilance would conclude that it was. Screw you hyper-vigilance.