Slight Bump in the Road

FRIDAY:

Real Job holiday party where my lunch wasn't a problem...it was the dessert. Went to the gym after. Elliptical for half an hour then bag work for a round or two. Then Marcins class which we turned into a boxing class since it was the two of us. Then a few hours of babysitting.

SATURDAY:

Worked with Jaime and did some rounds of sparring with Dena (who has a wicked left hook). We did her favorite kind of sparring where she can go all out and I'm not allowed to throw a punch. But I was able to get out of the way a lot, which was the point. Wish I did better. Apparently I still have that disconnect between throwing while doing pads and sparring. Oh, and my weight was 138.2 after which isn't too bad.

That night was the SB holiday party. Didn't eat the pizza, which I am immensely proud of, it was what I ate when Sonic and I went to the mall that wasn't that great. Short lived will power moment.

SUNDAY:

Jaimes boxing class and sparring. Sparred a new girl (new for me to spar) which was good. Then I got a round in with M. She kicked my ass. Hard. But I'm used to it with her so it didn't bother me. What did bother me was my leg jamming so bad I almost hit the canvas and cried. Thankfully it was in the last few second of the round. But I was done after that.

Went shopping with my dad and his girlfriend after at Old Navy and picked out some Christmas presents for myself. Was extremely happy when I tried on a new pair of jeans and they fit. The size? FOUR.

FOUR. I fucked buttoned a FOUR. My biggest size, that I was for a while was a fourTEEN. I'm happy.

MONDAY:

Worked with Zach for an hour and sparred 7 rounds with him. I use the word sparring loosely. For every 15 punches he landed on me, I was lucky to get 2 in. But seven 3-minute rounds is nothing to scoff at so I'm happy with that. Then I did his ab circuit with him which was hard. Three sets of 20 push ups followed by 100 real sit-ups. Then a short burst of random ab stuff. Fun times.

TUESDAY (hey, we're at today):

Blast of conditioning with Marcin bright and early. Nearly died on my way to work because my brakes hate snow and people suddenly don't know how to drive. Hello, it's New England, in winter. We've done this before, people. And my weight? 139. Grr. Which means it'll be up around 141 by the time I get to the gym. I see Zach's ab circuit and the elliptical in my future. Also sparring with Sonic and my new mouth guard.

Here's the bump in the road. I might not fight at this years Golden Gloves. Jaime told me on Saturday that there is no sub-novice division so I could end up getting paired up with someone who has had seven or more fights and I'd get killed. It's not worth it. So we agreed that I'll (attempt) to make weight and register and go through the motions. We'll see who I get paired with and if I have to not take the fight, I won't take it. There will be more fights and I haven't even been boxing a full year yet. It's okay. Slightly disappointing, but okay. I'll just prep myself for June and the National Golden Gloves and hope there is a sub-novice division.

We'll see what happens.