Pete's Log: Valentine's Day and more Jiu Jitsu

Entry #1372, (Life in General)
(posted when I was 26 years old.)
Meg and I went adventuring in rural Maryland on Valentine's day. Sunday evening we drove to the Wood's Gain Bed and Breakfast in Linwood, MD. We had reserved a room in the house, but we got upgraded to their summer kitchen, a little cottage next to the house. On our way, we stopped at Johansens, a brew pub in Westminster, MD. Sadly, they were out of every single house beer! But we still had a good dinner. Then the Wood's Gain owners welcomed us with cookies, chocolates, and chocolate-covered strawberries. Very yummy. Monday did not go entirely according to plan. We had intended to go skiing at Liberty mountain. Sadly, it was raining. Not good skiing weather. But the breakfast we were served at the B&B made the trip worth it. I think it might have been the best breakfast I ever had. After breakfast we went to New Market, MD, an antiquing hot spot. Most of the stores were closed, but we still saw some interesting things. Then we went winetasting at the Linganore winery. They had some yummy berry wines. Back at home, we watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which came with my first batch of netflix movies. A very nice time, despite the lack of skiing.

My Jiu Jitsu schedule is Tuesday at 7:30 (beginner class), Thursday at 7:30 (beginner class) and Saturday at 11 (mixed class). The past two Saturdays we've been doing Judo. So I'm starting to learn some throws, which is cool. At the end of class today, we did a mock tournament. This was my second such experience. The first one was shortly after I started. That time I got submitted by a triangle choke within 15 seconds. Today I lasted the full two minutes and actually got a mount on the other guy (which unfortunately I couldn't maintain). Sparring like that is much different than regular sparring. For one thing, there's a lot more adrenaline. But the other thing is that everybody else is watching and yelling advice to both guys sparring. So I never really knew if advice was for me or for the other guy. The one time I knew the advice was for me was when I got the mount. Somebody yelled that if I maintained it for 25 seconds, I'd win. I think I'm going to create a Jiu Jitsu topic for my log, since I'm really getting into it.