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[dragonlady7]

After a brutal slogfest, my team fell short about 10 points, so we didn't win the championships this year either.
My knee is fucked-up in some really bizarre hard-to-define not exactly loadbearing sort of way, which I'm displeased with.
I finally asked my teammate who drives a VW Golf what she thought of it, since that's the car Z is absolutely sure he wants. And she hates hers. Oops. Like really, really hates it. Ugh. I don't want to go against her advice because she's a really really wise person. I just was so happy that Z knew just what he wanted... So now we're not really sure, so he's gonna do more research tomorrow. Ugh. Ugh ugh.
Tonight was the last night of the art show. I'm trying really, really really, really really hard not to get maudlin and sad that none of my family saw it, none of my non-derby friends saw it (do I even have any of those anymore? Well, I never really did locally), and not one member of my family saw it. I haven't seen a family member since Christmas. Sometimes that gets to me. (I saw my parents in early January, but it was so close to Christmas as to be indistinguishable.)
So I guess I'm tired and sad and homesick. It's too bad. We had such a good season. I got hit in the jaw for the first time tonight. It was fucking brutal and I came back to the bench at one point and said "I don't know what to do." It wasn't particularly fun. It wasn't particularly good. But there it was. Maybe I am getting too old for this. No, it's just too late at night and I'm tired and lonely.

I worked really hard on that show. At least derby people liked it. One single solitary coworker came to the opening, which was really sweet of her. My boss was going to come tonight but it looks like his very sick elderly family member who has been at death's door for some weeks is actually on his final way out, so that sucked. And none of my other coworkers could be bothered. So that was humbling, a little. But, I mean, coworkers. They're not exactly friends. It's a weird inbetween kinda situation, there.

I'm so sad and tired. That's all.

Comments

[kittyc1978.livejournal.com]

I loved and still miss my golf!

[kittyc1978.livejournal.com]

And for you... Great big hugs! It really is hard to miss family.

[jennnlee.livejournal.com]

I was going to say here... just because one person doesn't like hers doesn't mean that Z wouldn't love it. When I was researching cars, I read reviews of the three or four models I had narrowed it down to, and the one that was rated the least was the Jeep Liberty. But I had always wanted a Jeep, so I test-drove one, just to make sure it sucked. And it ended up being the one I liked the most and bought.

Is there any way he can test-drive one and see what he thinks?

[dragonlady7.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's just that it's someone whose opinion I generally respect and her points were really solid, legit objections. (Like, she got sideswiped and replacing the broken decorative plastic piece alone was $900. Oh yeah, VW parts are kinda expensive.)
So I was really sad to hear that.
But he does plan on test-driving it and making his own decisions, and it's good, overall, because he can now research those specific issues she pointed out and see if they'd be things that would bother him as much as they did her. It was just annoying because he'd been so sure that was the car for him, and so he was brooding on that as I was brooding on my sad end to my great derby season, so it was kind of a quiet car ride home. (Well, that and I'd made him drive my car, which is stick shift, which he's still bad at, and I didn't dare try to make cheerful conversation lest I distract him from necessary shifting.)

[dragonlady7.livejournal.com]

Also, I come from Jeep people and the Liberty is one I'd probably consider if I were shopping! It sounds fun. I grew up driving Wranglers and Cherokees. (My dad is a little nuts; he currently has 13 different Jeeps. Seriously.)

[dragonlady7.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm glad to hear one positive opinion! He's just gonna do a bunch more research now.
Thank you! :)

[redstapler.livejournal.com]

I don't know if I count as a non derby friend anymore...

I mean, I'm certainly not local, but you know what I mean. ;)

I'm gutted I couldn't see the exhibit. Stupid teleporters need to get invented already.

[kittyc1978.livejournal.com]

I love vw in general, some people aren't meant to drive a car that handles so nicely! It was awesome in the snow. I like my Mazda 3 hatchback too but if I had the choice i'd pick the golf over the Mazda.

[kittyc1978.livejournal.com]

This, so much this on the teleportation lack!

[buschibaby.livejournal.com]

I'd have been there in a heartbeat if I could have been. Are you going to put the pictures online somewhere? I'd really like to see the show virtually at least.

[dragonlady7.livejournal.com]

I was thinking of putting them online. There hasn't been a lot of discussion of it. I don't even know if the prints were sold?