Awesome times
May. 14th, 2014 01:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
batskeetsThings have been pretty excellent, as of recent.
Travel Team went down to Eugene for a three-day tournament, and I got my first taste of international roller derby, when team came all the way from Scotland for tournament, and scrimmaged me and the B Team the Wednesday prior! I had an awesome time playing, watching, and talking about derby with my teammates, my wifey, my main squeeze, and all the awesome leaguemates who came down to support us. Three days of derby is a LOT of derby, but I wound up feeling far more excited about it, and more secure in my place on the team, at the end of the weekend than I did at the beginning. Talk about giving burnout a good swift kick in the ass. ;)
I'm making an effort to get out and about a bit more, both to spend time with neat people, and to try and engage more with not-derby communities. Because, as fun as derby often is, it's also not who I am. I've been interviewed by a couple of folks who are doing a deep-dive into the local fashion community, which is weird to me, because I've generally been so much on the fringes of it, but getting more involved in those events will, if nothing else, help me ascertain what's realistic for my business in terms of working with local makers. And, keeping up with what's happening in the world of pretty things, whether it's fashion, web, or visual design, is good for inspiration.
I recently got to nerd out about 3-D printing and design concepts. I've been introduced to new stories in a variety of media. I've gotten to catch up with some longtime friends, after weeks, even months of trying to get our schedules lined up. I've had some wonderful, quiet moments. Comfortable silence with another human being continues to be one of my absolute favorite things. And, even though I was awake in the morning, I didn't get out of bed until 1pm last Saturday, and that was nothing short of amazing, for multiple reasons. :)
And there are SO MANY THINGS I want to be working on. Thanks to my tap dancing adventures and my Halloween costume, I'm going to be performing twice in one day, at the end of this month. I have designs and costumes to make, pies to bake, photos to take. It's one of those periods where I feel like I'm exploding with inspiration, and just need the time to make it happen. Which, yeah, the "time" part isn't exactly coming easily, but when something matters enough, you make the time. And hey, Championships--and a summertime break from Home Team practices--is in less than a month, and sunny days are ahead.
So, yeah, I'm just going to gloss over the fact that, just after hiring a new project manager (whom I'm legitimately excited about), my assistant gave notice. And then, I hired the other gal that I wanted for project manager, because she'd actually be much better at my assistant's job. But just yesterday, when we were set to start training her, she learned that her other job wants her to go full-time. So, I'm back at the drawing board again. When will this hiring nightmare end? WHEEEEEENNNN?
Right. Glossing over aggravating things. I was going to do that. So, in closing: remember that time when I was briefly famous on the internet for blowing up a Texas jammer who tried to jump the apex?
Also note my awesome teammate, who successfully jumped the apex a second or two later, and ALL of us in white-and-purple grinning like idiots over this chain of events. It was one of the more perfect moments of the weekend, heh.
Travel Team went down to Eugene for a three-day tournament, and I got my first taste of international roller derby, when team came all the way from Scotland for tournament, and scrimmaged me and the B Team the Wednesday prior! I had an awesome time playing, watching, and talking about derby with my teammates, my wifey, my main squeeze, and all the awesome leaguemates who came down to support us. Three days of derby is a LOT of derby, but I wound up feeling far more excited about it, and more secure in my place on the team, at the end of the weekend than I did at the beginning. Talk about giving burnout a good swift kick in the ass. ;)
I'm making an effort to get out and about a bit more, both to spend time with neat people, and to try and engage more with not-derby communities. Because, as fun as derby often is, it's also not who I am. I've been interviewed by a couple of folks who are doing a deep-dive into the local fashion community, which is weird to me, because I've generally been so much on the fringes of it, but getting more involved in those events will, if nothing else, help me ascertain what's realistic for my business in terms of working with local makers. And, keeping up with what's happening in the world of pretty things, whether it's fashion, web, or visual design, is good for inspiration.
I recently got to nerd out about 3-D printing and design concepts. I've been introduced to new stories in a variety of media. I've gotten to catch up with some longtime friends, after weeks, even months of trying to get our schedules lined up. I've had some wonderful, quiet moments. Comfortable silence with another human being continues to be one of my absolute favorite things. And, even though I was awake in the morning, I didn't get out of bed until 1pm last Saturday, and that was nothing short of amazing, for multiple reasons. :)
And there are SO MANY THINGS I want to be working on. Thanks to my tap dancing adventures and my Halloween costume, I'm going to be performing twice in one day, at the end of this month. I have designs and costumes to make, pies to bake, photos to take. It's one of those periods where I feel like I'm exploding with inspiration, and just need the time to make it happen. Which, yeah, the "time" part isn't exactly coming easily, but when something matters enough, you make the time. And hey, Championships--and a summertime break from Home Team practices--is in less than a month, and sunny days are ahead.
So, yeah, I'm just going to gloss over the fact that, just after hiring a new project manager (whom I'm legitimately excited about), my assistant gave notice. And then, I hired the other gal that I wanted for project manager, because she'd actually be much better at my assistant's job. But just yesterday, when we were set to start training her, she learned that her other job wants her to go full-time. So, I'm back at the drawing board again. When will this hiring nightmare end? WHEEEEEENNNN?
Right. Glossing over aggravating things. I was going to do that. So, in closing: remember that time when I was briefly famous on the internet for blowing up a Texas jammer who tried to jump the apex?
Also note my awesome teammate, who successfully jumped the apex a second or two later, and ALL of us in white-and-purple grinning like idiots over this chain of events. It was one of the more perfect moments of the weekend, heh.
