I'm writing to you, this evening, from a hotel room in Bethesda, MD. I'm here for a three-day finance leadership conference, which is basically three solid days of eating and networking. We have another one of these on Thursday this week, and yet another next Tuesday. These work events are seriously cutting in to my training time, which is an unfortunate consequence of having such a demanding sponsor.
Few points worth mentioning from last week -
First off, I received an awesome compliment from one of my new favorite training buddies, Scott, a Leo Dalla purple belt. While we were sparring, I stood up to do my standing passes, and he remarked, "Woah, you roll just like Jared!" That, in its self, was an exciting and encouraging thing to hear, but it got even better when he later described my style as spunky and fun. [Insert parable here about how jiu jitsu has "phases" parallel to a person's life, including the awkward teenage phase where you stumble around clumsily experimenting with different cliques of techniques, trying to "be yourself" and not really knowing what that actually means.]
Second, I skipped out on Addie's birthday party last week (HAPPY BIRTHDAY!) and instead went to watch UFC 100 at Dalla's house. I strategically chose certain yummy snacks from Trader Joe's that won me some new friends pretty quickly. Hint if you ever find yourself short of friends, try TJ's chocolate covered peanut butter filled pretzel bites. I had a blast, this is certainly a top-rate BJJ family I've joined.
Few points worth mentioning from last week -
First off, I received an awesome compliment from one of my new favorite training buddies, Scott, a Leo Dalla purple belt. While we were sparring, I stood up to do my standing passes, and he remarked, "Woah, you roll just like Jared!" That, in its self, was an exciting and encouraging thing to hear, but it got even better when he later described my style as spunky and fun. [Insert parable here about how jiu jitsu has "phases" parallel to a person's life, including the awkward teenage phase where you stumble around clumsily experimenting with different cliques of techniques, trying to "be yourself" and not really knowing what that actually means.]
Second, I skipped out on Addie's birthday party last week (HAPPY BIRTHDAY!) and instead went to watch UFC 100 at Dalla's house. I strategically chose certain yummy snacks from Trader Joe's that won me some new friends pretty quickly. Hint if you ever find yourself short of friends, try TJ's chocolate covered peanut butter filled pretzel bites. I had a blast, this is certainly a top-rate BJJ family I've joined.
2 comments:
I wish they had Trader Joes in Austin. :(
I second that! Whoa, another Austinite... where do you train?
I have seen similar treats occasionally at Whole Foods and Central Market...
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