It's over. We're done. Hopefully everyone did well and passed. The mat during the Tea Ceremony is going to be crowded, though, that's for certain. This Cycle was so different from the rest. While I did, occasionally, question my sanity for signing up to do this all over again, I never actually found myself wanting to quit. Both times before I had to remind myself, "Always finish what you start," in order to push through. This Cycle was also full of injuries. I sprained my ankle before it even started and that prevented me from getting back into sparring class prior to the start in July. Then I damaged my finger in sparring class during Week 2. Gabe tried to adjust her roll during Friday night's testing to avoid rolling into someone - and hurt herself in the process. (For everyone following along at home, she's mostly fine. Nothing is broken...