scare

Had a bit of a scare yesterday. Randy is fine now however he left a message for me on the phone when I got up at 430 and all he said was mom i have to go to the hospital please pick up. I was asleep when he left the message and  it was sent at 930 am. I called Tom no answer called hospitals not there. so tried stony plain and he was there but had been released. Tom came home from work and I asked him if he heard from randy and he said no. I told him Randy's message and He suggested we call the hospitals to see where he could have gone too. Randy came home at 6pm with 8 stitches on his hand because he cut it at work. I was so re leaved he was fine. I had to stay and make sure he was ok. All this has to do with my journey is if I had stayed calmer I might have saved myself some anxiety after all he did call to leave the message in the first place so it couldn't have been life threatening. My mind raced ahead and assumed the worst.
We had Opa for supper I had the calimari and fries and a skewer of lamb. then had blt for lunch some cherries  and an apple
Did dishes put rest of laundry away
Sifu Jeannette Langner

performance

I'm super excited about our decision to make up  our own demo. My group has all different weapons and it is making me think of ways to choreograph all of them together. It is helping me by staying engaged with my kung fu. no matter how much we want to quit we still find new things to keep us engaged. That really is the key word. I find myself thinking of everyone constantly and my own accountability to everyone as well. Our performance is giving me the opportunity to strech my kung fu limits to come up with a demo for our team. My group is Sifu Playter and Sihing MacDonald. It has me thinking how to effectively use my fan in combat. This is all very exciting to me and I hope others join groups to make a really great demo our school can be proud of.
I did laundry and put it all away and dishes and put it away then took out garbage.
Had chicken and ravioli for supper then asparagus soup for lunch and some cherries and an apple.
Sifu Jeannette Langner

repetition

Repetition is this years mantra.All practice is for naught without mindful repetition to stay on track. We are learning Lion dance  and I never thought I could do it. It really looked hard. I am glad for the opportunity to learn it now. I never knew how fun it was. I will have to start spreading the news of my new found joy. Lion dance rocks. Now for more repetition to get better. ahh joy.
I have embraced this process whole heartedly since getting my black belt. the amount of repetitions it to to get me there was well worth the effort. I like how I'm learning to refine this process to get more out of it.   Turning my thinking from coarse to refined. Quite the challenge. Hence the repetition to eliminate the thought process.
Did not have time to do much got dishes done and took out the garbage
Had pork steak and salad and potatoes, ditto for lunch and some cherries and a banana.
Sifu Jeannette Langner

holidays done

Had a great set of holidays. Stayed here and had a blast at Canada day. My injury may have slowed me down but I seem to thrive on adversity. I try harder to get what I want when it's beyond my capabilities. So on a positive note I am finally learning to feel my shoulders relax. I've started Tai Chi again and my injury will help eliminate some of my bad habits. It's forced me to turn properly with great care. But this is the correct way I should have been doing it all along. Yay injuries we learn so much from them. I hope to be better off for the next round of demos so I can participate this time.
Had watermelon, nectarine and plums for breakfast. then had hot dogs for lunch then had donair for supper and a slice of strawberry rhubarb pie for dessert.
Did dishes took out garbage. cleared table and cleaned counters
Sifu Jeannette Langner

Canada Day

What a great turn out for our team. We really came through for each other today. My first time at a ceremony fro citizenship. It really struck a chord for me. I tend to be one of those people who take our country for granted. All those people were so happy today and being a part of it made me feel good about myself as a proud Canadian. Our team did push ups and sit ups sporadically wherever we went. We executed a cool demo on a bridge no less. We saw board breaking we did forms It was a great day to be in team Horse.
I had watermelon and carrots and celery for brunch not sure what's for supper.
Doing laundry and getting dishes done and taking out garbage.
Sifu Jeannette Langner