A picture is worth a thousand words.

My life has been very preoccupied since last Monday. I am posting some pictures of our vehicle so you can see for yourselves.

Perspective

I had planned on talking about the Tiger Challenge but was sidetracked by what happened on Monday. I was on my way to class with September in the vehicle when we hit a moose. The impact was hard enough to deploy the airbags. I feel very lucky that it wasn't worse and am thankful that September was not hurt worse considering it took out the passenger door right behind her. I may post pictures at some point.

Technology. Bahhh.

I am beginning to hate my phone. It has this feature that lets you know when you are supposed to do something all you have to do is program in a date and time and it will pop up with a message saying you need to do this. It can even be set to repeat every week at the same time. This way you will never miss that deadline again. Sounds flawless except for the fact it has a snooze button. I can’t do it right now but I will as soon as I can, so I hit snooze. After 5 or 6 times I hit dismiss and then forget until the next week and the cycle starts again. It’s time to start ignoring the technology and start building a habit. I assume you all know what my reminder in my phone is for.

Grading?

I have been thinking a lot about grading for my second degree. I have some many questions about where I am at and where I should be. I am unsure of what is required and what is not. The year has been a struggle to find some consistency due to injuries and some personnel issues. I am still hopeful that I can salvage the year.

Where to go from here

This has been the question running through my head a lot lately. Life can be very overwhelming at times and it feels like you are getting nowhere. I have been unable to spend a lot of time training this last while and I am feeling the effects. The thing that I have focused on this last two weeks is things I can do. Mostly that has been going over the curriculum in my head and trying to see what I can remember and then reviewing it to see what I have forget. It is not much but it has been a big help and I am ready to get back to training.

I'm back

I finally made it back to class this week. Even though it was only 2 weeks and a bit, it definitely felt like a lot longer. The disappointing thing is I'm back for a week and then it's renovation time. Normally, I have had a lot of involvement in the renos but this year I am not as involved. It's a strange feeling and even though I will be helping out, it's not going to be the same with no walls to destroy.

Still around

I have been forced to take some time off recently due to my personal life. It has only been 3 weeks but it seems like forever. If you are not going to the Kwoon consistently, it becomes easier to not go. I am not at that point, but I can see how that would become the case. I should be back fairly regularly starting next week. See you all soon. Sifu Lindstrom