at least work makes the time go by faster

So I guess I'm not really looking for work anymore. The barn manager quit so now I have as many hours as I want. Hurray! Job hunting was no fun. Part of the reason that I like my job is because it's physically demanding. I don't always appreciate that while I'm doing it, but I love the benefits that I see later. My upper body strength has come a really long way with the combination of work and the UBBT. Today after class there were a few people talking about the upcoming UBBT 7 and it was really exciting. I am looking forward to a year of new challenges with some new faces in there.
My husband has been gone away for work training for a little over a week now. He is gone for a total of 2 weeks. We've been married for 11 years and I think the most we've been apart is 2 days. I suppose that might seem weird to some, but we just have always done everything together. He really is my best friend and also my training partner for kung fu and jiu jitsu. He's also going to be a part of UBBT 7 so that will be pretty great.
I've been spending a lot of quality time with my 2 daughters doing all kinds of little things together to make the time go by faster. Honestly I thought that being alone with the kids would make me crazy, well not for real but that I need a break feeling that every mom gets. But they have been so awesome. They have their moments but as a whole I've realized that I have some amazing kids. I always knew that, and every parent thinks so of their own kids but this week just made me appreciate some of the little things about them both.
I've been learning a new form, stick 3, and it's really cool. Having something new to throw into the forms mix is great. I feel really awkward at the end when we have to do a 360 that ends with a strike. It was actually funny how bad I am at it. I've been practicing and it's certainly not graceful but it's better than it was anyway. I also found out I've been doing something wrong in long 2, not huge, but still it's going to be one of those things I will have to do a hundred times to fix. I guess there is always something to work on, even when there isn't anything new.