Friday night:

I finally dragged my ass to Ryon’s  class even skipping my sword class at the TKD school to catch the 30 minutes of sparring prior to the workout.  I won’t even pretend that that class wasn’t hard; it was killer.  However, I didn’t die.  I’ve been sore since though, but I hear that’s a pretty common side effect.  It was a benchmark day which is a nice time for me to jump in so that I can see how far I’ve come the next time we benchmark.  Again, it was hard, but I felt good for doing it.  I won’t be able to attend this Friday night because I need to move the next day for the tournament.  I can’t risk not being able to use my legs.  I know I’ll get a lot of smack about not coming back, but I promise I’ll be there the following Friday.  I apologize if anyone thinks I’m weak for not going this Friday, but I have my eye on the prize so to speak.

Saturday:

I was up and at TKD at 9 AM.  There was a long time that I didn’t go to this class, but I’m glad I’m going again.  It’s a pretty nice class – small which I like.  There’s some things that go on in this class that don’t happen throughout the week so that’s nice.  I was able to work on my form a little which is definitely a big priority with the tournament coming up on Saturday.

After class was over, I went to the Kung Fu school to meet up with Bryan.  I watched the last few minutes of his class which is always inspiring.  A few friends came along with us to eat Greek (yum!).  When we arrived back at the school there was still an hour before my class so we just hung out in the car resting and talking which is always a pleasure.

I did lower belt class followed by Tai Chi working on reviewing in both.  I’m hoping not to cram anything in before the tournament.  It’s all about TKD this week sadly.  But I need the focus.  I need to be zoned in on one thing only before I compete.

After class we came home, took a way too small nap, and then headed over to Nik’s.  Several of us went out to eat and then back to his place to watch the last 2 Futurama movies.  However, less than 10 minutes into the first one we had to leave because I didn’t feel all that well.  Sorry guys…I hated to eat and run, and you don’t know how bad I hated missing those long awaited movie viewings.  🙁

Sunday:

Jason came over that morning and was kind enough to drive with us and Bryan’s grandparents on a scenic viewing of Austin and the river.  It was nice with lots of beautiful things to see.  We walked down to the water’s edge for a few minutes.  It was super nice.  I think that they enjoyed seeing some of Austin’s hill country.

Here are the few shots that I snapped on our drive:

I went to sparring class at the TKD school while Bryan worked outside cutting the much needed grass and edging.  It looks so nice now.  I’m super happy he did that.  Then Bryan’s grandmother made homemade mac n cheese – too delicious!  After our bellies were full we cleaned the entire house…ugh, but it needed it.  Now I have a nice lawn and house…ahhhh.

Monday:

I turned in my very last school assignment!  I spent most of the day on it, but it is finally finished (and so am I!).  Well, there might be a few things, but it should be test preparation type of things.  I spent the remaining time before class making more index cards and studying for the first of my 5 big tests.  It’s a slow process…ugh ugh ugh!  I wish I could just learn by osmosis or something.

Things getting on my nerves lately:

• Cedar Park traffic – I swear it gets worse everyday.
• snobby attitudes