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What a Week!
Dec. 31st, 2010 03:42 pmLots of work before the snowstorm that only sort of was... (mostly wind here)
L was on vacation this week -- kind of hard to tell, since he still had all his farm stuff to do :D Still, nice that there was one less thing going on, what with trying to prepare for our kung fu exam, etc.
Also, he had an MRI on his shoulder yesterday, a few hours before the exam. Should know more in a few weeks.
Kung Fu exam went.... well, I won't say great because we both forgot things. My memory is extremely visual so I often can't put names and actions together and have to work really hard at it. Still, there were good things too - enough that both L and I got our blue sashes :)
Kinda unreal, in truth. When we first started learning kung fu, my highest aspiration was purple sash, maybe with a stripe. But we're both getting into better shape, and so the current result :)
To be clear, I never aspired to get a particular color of sash, but rather to attain the fitness and ability to do whatever a purple sash person could do. And now that we've progressed beyond that... the goal is essentially unchanged. To keep on keeping on, learning, practicing, getting more fit. And a great group of folks to do all this with is a wonderful bonus.
One of the next things on my list? Getting a tumbling mat. Really, _really_ need to work on the self-defense stuff, and I'm just not keen on throwing or getting thrown onto frozen ground or even the barn floor. Someday, maybe, but not yet.
Today is cleaning, tonight is joint beginner and intermediate class at school, then later tonight is going to Elmer's for food and music and perhaps a random conversation or three.
Happy New Year, everyone!
L was on vacation this week -- kind of hard to tell, since he still had all his farm stuff to do :D Still, nice that there was one less thing going on, what with trying to prepare for our kung fu exam, etc.
Also, he had an MRI on his shoulder yesterday, a few hours before the exam. Should know more in a few weeks.
Kung Fu exam went.... well, I won't say great because we both forgot things. My memory is extremely visual so I often can't put names and actions together and have to work really hard at it. Still, there were good things too - enough that both L and I got our blue sashes :)
Kinda unreal, in truth. When we first started learning kung fu, my highest aspiration was purple sash, maybe with a stripe. But we're both getting into better shape, and so the current result :)
To be clear, I never aspired to get a particular color of sash, but rather to attain the fitness and ability to do whatever a purple sash person could do. And now that we've progressed beyond that... the goal is essentially unchanged. To keep on keeping on, learning, practicing, getting more fit. And a great group of folks to do all this with is a wonderful bonus.
One of the next things on my list? Getting a tumbling mat. Really, _really_ need to work on the self-defense stuff, and I'm just not keen on throwing or getting thrown onto frozen ground or even the barn floor. Someday, maybe, but not yet.
Today is cleaning, tonight is joint beginner and intermediate class at school, then later tonight is going to Elmer's for food and music and perhaps a random conversation or three.
Happy New Year, everyone!
