My glee for today was climbing with Fred! We had a wonderful time. There were a bunch of new 5.8 routes in the gym for me to try. Though one of them defeated me by requiring mantling on a volume and I simply didn't have the power to do it by the time I tried the route. I'm going to try it again on Saturday.

Fortunately Fred gives great beta, so I was able to finish the other new 5.8 I tried. YAY!