Work kept me until 6:30.. dammit
Trying Again
A year later and I’ve only taken one kyu test… sad, but true..
I have not been going to class like a should.. some of it is work. The mortgage industry has been Insane this year…
some of it is self motivation.. I’m lazy… and I’ve gained back all the weight I took off .. meh.
So, tonight.. back to class.. wish me luck.
My official day of suckage
I have been saying for two years that I was going to take Halloween off of work.. it’s a madhouse there.. a MADHOUSE. Grown adults having parades… screaming and hollering.. helllooooo I have to talk to clients ON THE PHONE!
So, I took it off.. and I figured I’d get some errands done and make some collars and take care of some paperwork. But first my car needed an inspection.
So I get to the dealership.. my appt. was at 9AM so I ate breakfast around 7:30. I leave my car and go sit in the waiting area….. my day goes like this
9:50AM: Service Front Desk guy tells me my car passes inspection but my brakes are going and my transmission fluid is burnt..(not surprised) and that my tires will need to be replaced (also not surprised). We negotiate: Oil Change, Tire Rotation, Inspection, Transmission Service, New Brake and Rotors but tires to be done later.. hey I ain’t made of money. Total : $780 (I have an Explorer). I ask for an estimate time frame: he says 2 hours.
Decide to wait instead of being driven home.
10:00AM: Break out Kindle. Read.
10:30 AM : Put down Kindle: decide to read the Asford Book of Spinning for my new hobby (like a need another one- yes I’m now spinning my own yarn)
11:30 AM: Start eyeballing clock. Call my honey to talk about project we are working on. Oh and to see if she had enough $$ in her checking account to cover the bill.
11:35 : hang up phone.. neither one of us are talkers
11:45: Eyeball vending machine. It has Combos!
11:46: Begin fruitless search for 65 cents. Toss down bag in frustration.
12:00: Listen to the guy at the front desk have a fight with a guy who can’t pay his bill.
12:16 : Turn on iPod.. the fight is now boring. Listen to Fourplay (jazz band).
12:30: Attempt to ignore hunger pangs and low blood sugar: Take out the Kindle.
12:32: Hope that I somehow missed 65 cents in the bottom of my bag and begin another fruitless search. think of all the change in my car and want to cry.. just a little.
12:45: Getting cranky. Hear guy at front desk tell another customer that all the mechanics are on “lunch” right now.
12:46: Begin cursing under breath. Hope that a cup of the swill they call coffee with enough sugar might keep me from passing out.
12:55: Bug the guy at the front desk.. where the F&$K is my car?
12:56 : Wait while front desk guy checks on my car.
12:57: Tap feet.. takes too much energy.. stop tapping feet.
12:59: Car will be another 45 minutes.. there was a “parts issue” that no one tells front desk guy. Silently, I’m crying inside. Think of McDonalds just down the road and wonder if it’s worth risking my life darting over 4 lanes of highway traffic for a burger that I will have to pay for with my debit card.
1:10: Call honey.. she says she’s done at work and will come get me.. Joy! She’ll be there in 20 minutes.
1:15: Make arrangements to pick up car on Saturday… they aren’t open on Saturday.. they make exception and will leave my keys with the sales people.
1:17: My car is done.. WTF?!!?!?!?
1:18: Call honey.. no answer.
1:23PM: Sign paperwork.. while calling honey.. no answer…
1:25PM : Front desk guy tries to explain what happened.. don’t care.
1:26PM: Front desk guy gives me $35 off my bill.. woo 5%.. whoop de do.
1:26PM: Call honey.. leave message for a return call.. I’m leaving before I pass out.
1:35PM : Call honey.. no answer.. omg..
1:40PM: 1/2 way home phone rings.. honey had phone in bag in back of car and is at the dealership… waiting to pick me up.
1:50PM: Get home.. shove a banana in my face while getting dogs out of crates.. Dogs are displeased.. had planned on walking them when I got home like three hours ago.
2:00PM: Eat GIANT sandwich.. nap…
It’s now 9PM and I’ve gotten a few things done today.. but no where NEAR what I expected to have done..
I wonder if I’m cursed.. doomed to have a lousy Samhain!!?!?!
sucks.
Forgive me Sensei…
… for I have been lazy.
I have not been to train in over two weeks. Now, granted, in that two weeks my dog passed away. And work has been crazy.. but for some reason I can’t seem to make working out and training a priority.
I think it comes down to not wanting to take care of myself. I’m lazy that way. It’s easier to just be fat and soft and sluggish.. I seem to forget all about that thrill of getting on the scale and seeing the numbers going down.. what I means to go up a flight of stairs and not be winded. That excitement of seeing muscle tone!
For some reason I just get lazy and want to sit on my butt and do nothing.. this has been an ongoing problem.. I’m good for about a month and then I get the “meh I don’t wanna” so I don’t.
I think part of the problem is that I’m only training twice a week. So I have 5 days in between training sessions.
I’m going to call the YMCA and see about their Ready Fit program. You get 4 free lessons from the personal trainer to show you how to use the equipment. You get a little chart and an assessment and then you track your progress.
That way, Shel and I can go on Sunday’s and work out together. Right now she’s going on Tuesday and Thursday nights while I’m in the dojo. Maybe we’ll start inspriring each other instead of sabotaging each other.
What do you do to motivate yourself to get to the gym to work out? I need some help people!
Thank the Gods
I can move my head.
It’s been a few days since my first Chiro where I got my neck crunched back to where it belongs…. and finally the pain in my neck is subsiding.. whew!
They Crack Your Bones
I went to the Chiropractor today for the first time… it’s true.. they crack your bones.
I’m sore and sleepy but I had a good time!
So, I went to our little club’s first Karate Camp! It was in Fly Creek, NY and was hosted by one of our members.
I had expected to tent out over night.. haven’t done that in.. um.. well I don’t remember the last time I slept in a tent.
Evidently, I’m not as good at it as I thought.
I arrived late. I had to swing by my mom’s house. She lent me a camp stove and a little coffee pot. I didn’t really get started until late anyway because Friday night is grocery night which meant I didn’t get to bed until almost 11:30 on Friday.
So Saturday I had to pack the cooler and all my stuff etc etc etc…
Three hours later I arrive.. it’s beautiful!!!! Great Pond and the dojo was a converted barn.
Set up my tent. Had a little chat with Sensei and then realized that it was 1/2 hour before the second training of the day. (2:30)
So with no lunch, as much water as I could down in 10 minutes and in 85 degree heat in a sticky humid barn, we got to training.
An hour and 1/2 later, I was beat! But training was GREAT! Sensei from another local club that we are affiliated with gave instruction. I was hesitant at first because I’d never met him but it was interesting to have someone else give you tips and pointers and to train different combinations.
He asked me to follow along with my new Kata. Heian Neidan. I’d only done it once but I wanted to make a good showing for my club so I tried.. I tried HARD!
I did pretty good!
So then dinner, but I was too hot to eat… I drank a ton of water and by 8:30 I was ready to eat. In the meantime I watched the kids in the pond having a great time with the ziplines.. and teasing each other.. tweens are a hoot (when they aren’t yours)
Went and hung out in my tent for a while and ate my dinner cold. I didn’t want to get out the stove.. at this point I needed to eat.
Big bonfire.. lots of chatting with the teenage girls.. they are very interesting.. and I was the only one who brought a flashlight for potty runs.. I was VERY popular…..
went to bed around 11:30.
And tossed…
And turned…
And tossed some more..
In order to light the pond at night, the fountain had to be on… it’s all on one switch.. and since we were all tenting AROUND the pond, we sort of had to have the light on.
Which meant I couldn’t really hear the bullfrogs (which I did want to hear).. but I could hear the fountain… running.. and splashing..
I got up three times for potty runs…..
which was two buildings and one BIG ass hill away…
Eventually, I just went and slept in the car.. I have a futon mattress in the back for the fur kids.. there were cookie bits and dog hair but I didn’t care.
I was up again at 4:30… oh my gawd.. we were training at 9AM and all I wanted to do was SLEEP! I think I got all of 2 hours of sleep.. in bits and pieces..
At first light I hiked back to my tent and grabbed my clothes.. back UP the hill to the bathrooms to wash up sort of and brush my teeth.. as I walking down the hill it starts to rain..
That did it.
Stick a fork in me… done.
I looked up a the sky and with silent fury whispered “I don’t care how hard you RAIN.. I am GOING HOME to BED!”
The rain stopped…
I packed up all my stuff as quietly as possible (after flicking the slugs ::shudder:: off my tent) and hopped in the car…
Home, James…. omg.. I had to stop for coffee.. An hour and 1/2 later.. home.. exhausted but glad I went…
Next time… I’m tenting AWAY from the pond…
Tags: camp
Holy Cow! It’s tomorrow
Oh.. my … gawd…
My kyu test is tomorrow.. I’m testing for the first time.
I shouldn’t be terrified, but I kinda am. Sensei wanted me to test three months ago, but I couldn’t be there. Saturdays are tough for me… so instead he is making an exception and I’m testing on a Tuesday.
Wish me luck!
Tags: test
Taking a tip from Cynthia
Cynthia at Luna Tail does a blog and occassionally writes on what day it is.. in her cycle I mean (if there are any boys lurking and I doubt it, be warned.. this post is going to be about Girl Bits)
I, too, suffer from some nasty PMS… the older I get, the worse it is.. but I’ve noticed that since I’ve started working out, it’s gotten better…
But I’ve never really paid attention to where I am in my cycle… I know I’m when I”m going to get my period because I’m a rip roaring bitch the week before.. and I can’t stop eating… it’s crazy.
I’ve hesitated keeping track because I don’t want to be anticipating things, but maybe if I track it, I can keep tabs on what helps… so I’ll also be adding in what I ate that day…and what exercise I got (with the help of The Daily Plate)
I have NO idea what day I’m on.. or what to start with.. is day one the day I start my period? or the day it ends? probably starts… because that’s pretty clear.. ending is sometimes, well… dragged out…
Maybe Cynthia will swing by and let me know what she uses as day one.
Holy Crap! Less than two weeks!
My first Kyu test is on June 21st…
sweating … bullets….
What the hell did I do to myself?
I got new shoes on Saturday.
I wore them to work on Monday and by Tuesday my knee was swollen. So I muscled through it and went to the dojo.
That was dumb.
My knee BLEW up… and I couldn’t train last night.
Sucks sitting on the floor, watching everyone else practice.
Sensei Kicked Me
Omg.. it was so funny!
We were practicing Front Kick to Chest and we were supposed to target the knot of the belt of the person we were practicing with.
I did ok.. I was so careful to try and extend my foot that I was going too slow and not really snapping my leg out there.
My partner did better, but she didn’t extend her toes out so she kept missing.
Sensei demonstrated on me. Tap .. tap.. tap.. the ball of his foot tapping my belt. Fine, no problem..
Then he says “And then if you want to extend”.
BAM! He kicked me! Not hard.. but hard enough to knock me back a foot.
I grunted like a pig and then cracked up..
(but I can see where he could really really hurt a person)
Imagine if I actually tried!
I’ve missed a lot of karate lately. Which sucks.
I had class on Tuesday but I missed it due to a lovely stomach bug that left me afraid to walk more than 5 feet from the bathroom… you don’t want anymore details than that.
And I lied to Sensei.. I couldnt’ quite bring myself to share that piece of information (but I’ll post it here for the world to see.. imagine..)
So, Wednesday, I stretched out at home and did a little warm up.. a few punches etc etc. I noticed (because I had time to notice) that a lot of things that were a struggle for me in January, no longer are. I can get REALLY low on many of my stretches and I have something resembling a muscle forming on my forearms.. Shocking!
This morning I put on a pair of pants I’ve not had on since last summer.
They are too big.
I mean WAY too big.
Like I can pull them down over my hips and back up again.
holy crap.
I feel so awesome!
Somehow the spammers have found me
I have an anti spam thingy on this blog and have upgraded to WordPress 2.5 and yet.. there they are…
Must contemplate course of action.
Heian Shodan
I am in the beginning steps of learning this Kata. I can’t wait until it comes naturally and I don’t have to think about it.
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