I’m so exhausted. I’ve been getting about 2-4 hours a sleep per night, working each morning at 6, 3 classes a day, and at least one jiu jitsu class per day. I’ve gotta get up in two and a half hours, go hand out fliers, then come back and take a midterm, then go back to work. After that, I’m going to nap for several hours. Brock, who’s technically the president of the club, although I can’t remember the last time he practiced, talked to Ben and me today about attendance. People always drop off later on in the semester, and it’s frustrating. I guess I sort of understand that people have other priorities, but I can’t even imagine wanting to do something else rather than BJJ. I wish there were more people that were as committed to jiu jitsu as I am, but I guess I’m a bit obsessive. There aren’t a whole lot of people at my gym that are really interested in competition either. There’s a decent ratio, but it’s a pretty small gym. I’m really struggling with my plans after college. I would really like to go off to California to train, but I doubt my girlfriend would want to come, and she’s pretty awesome. The smart choice would be to go to law school like I was originally planning, but school could wait, whereas competitive BJJ couldn’t. I don’t have any problem with being poor, and the only thing really keeping me here is her. I don’t know. I’ve got a bit of time to figure it out, but I’m starting to stress over it. Decisions decisions.
Oh, so it turns out that the Gustavo Machado seminar is back on for March 1st. I’ve only met Gustavo once or twice at the main academy, but he’s a great guy, and his little toddler daughter is adorable. I saw her at an in house tournament wearing a little purple gi, and she was like 2. My spring break starts after classes next Friday, so I’ll be staying down here until the first at least for the seminar. My friend Rick also has a boxing tournament on the first and second that I’m going to try to make.