jamesq | 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.