It seems like a lot of people experience a let down after tournaments or Playoffs (maybe similar to holiday blues?). I know my entire life gets turned around for tournaments where I'm sleeping very little, socializing way more than I normally do and eating whatever some wonderful volunteer puts in front of me.
Derby is this weird thing where some of your best friends or people who really really really get you, you only see 3-5 times a year. Everyone tries to make the most of it by basically not sleeping and fitting in all the zany things imaginable in a 72 hour time period all while watching great derby and desperately trying to find time to slip into the pool or hot tub. It makes me feel like I want to be "on" for that entire time period and sometimes I start to think about how soon it's going to be over the same day it begins.
Right now I'm sitting on the fence about going to Champs. My team didn't make it but I actually haven't missed a Championship since I got involved in derby (and was living in North America). It seems like it'll be a bit bittersweet but I can't imagine not seeing all the folks I've seen the past two weekends until next year.
I get why people travel so much for derby. They're travelling for the kinship too.
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