AAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!

[carmenbeaudry]

Well, today really SUCKED THE BIG PURPLE WANG!!! Well, not totally. I got to spend some time with someone I don't normally get to see, however I ended up having a major meltdown for reasons I won't go into here. Sigh. Then, the evening just put the finishing touches on things. I went to rapier practice, got my gear on, was ready to fight my preferred partner, however he got side-tracked fighting someone else. No problem, I'll just be next. No, he ended up tweeking his back again, so I was in the process of trying to fix said back when a very good friend came in. Upon closer looks she was discovered to be soaking wet and crying, completely unable to speak. Stopped what I was doing, grabbed her and headed to the locker room to talk. Turns out she had had a "domestic situation", with police called. They left, after talking to the other party who claimed she hit him (she says the other way around). So, I spent a good long time talking to her, both in the locker room, and back in the main room. Took her to Denny's to talk some more. She ended up going back home, since other party isn't likely to be there and she "has to go to work tomorrow".

Now, as some of you know, I have similar issues in my past. So, I did and said all the "right" things. I made sure she has places to go, ways to get there, numbers to call, all that stuff. Then, I got in the car with the person I go to fight practice with, and completely fell apart on the drive home. I'm also afraid to go to sleep....I can just imagine what my psyche's got dreamed up (literally!) for me tonight.

Oh, and did I mention, I never did get to fight?

sigh.