Holy cow. I will be sleeping on my stomach tonight. I fought Jon Black and he managed to land two nice solid hits in the two places where I didn't have armor - thigh and shoulder/back. I have a welt/lump the size of a tennis ball on my leg right now and I haven't seen what the back looks like. I have GOT to get armor for those areas. It's not required though, so I'm holding off until I get the required armor finished first. See, once you get armor it's not nearly so bad cause you have padding and that takes the hurting WAY down.

And yes, I bawled after I finished fighting. I was fine during the fight - kept it together better than I ever have. But about 25 minutes after I went outside and sobbed. I guess it's just how my body handles it. I can't say I hate it - crying always makes you feel better and this is no exception. So I cry, come back in even bouncier than I was before.

A quick word about Jon Black. He's a really great guy - polite, very helpful, and an absolute tank of a fighter. He's incredibly strong and uses a greatsword that's taller than I am. I had fun fighting him and got some GREAT pointers which more than makes up for the bruises.

Work was... interesting. I got phone calls from people. Lots of people. All wanting to know what I was doing and why they got a bunch of approval notices from me. Long story short - I was changing things that requried approval. Lots of things. It freaked the people who got the e-mails out. I directed all phone calls to the guy who assigned the task and laughed it off. Altough to be honest, laughing about it was just a front. I was nervous. It should all be cleared up tomorrow though.

Also got my car back today - yay! $400 was the total bill. But I got it running again and that's worth it.