Today was a good day

I have never been more busy than I am these days. I have only been in school for a month now, but when I look back on the nights I had time for all of my requirements plus time for a movie it seems like a thousand years ago. My days and nights are full to the brim, mostly with new things. I have been attending the adult white/ yellow class for a couple of weeks and its a great look at where I came from, I hope that didn't sound insulting, but you do appreciate how far you've come from the beginning. The energy in the class is great as is the enthusiasm of the students. It's pretty inspiring. My brain is getting quite the workout these days as well. Sometimes the concepts are frustrating, but so far the hard work and hours hunched over the kitchen table are paying off. I am volunteering at a vet clinic to be able to apply for my program next year and its been great so far. Your supposed to do 80 hours of volunteer work because most people who drop out of the animal health program do so because they misunderstood what they would be doing. I have to say its as disgusting as I hoped it would be. I won't go into to many details but today there was a situation that involved maggots and pus... not for everyone, but I can't wait to get into it. I got to watch a couple surgeries today, one was a dog who'd been hit by a truck and had a broken back, it's truly amazing what these guys can do. I could go on and on here, but I think I'm the only one interested. So the gist of things is my life has never been so crazy, but today was a really good day.

september

I'll apologize in advance for the lame blog entry. School is going well, I have ridiculous amounts of homework every night. It is more of a challenge these days to get my requirements done, but that's life right. I had a ton of fun training on saturday and I made the white belt class last week. The kids class I help out in has grown even more and I'm finding it more challenging to keep a large groups attention. Tons of stuff to think about as always.

something new

I'm enjoying training in the kwoons new wide open space. It feels really roomy in there. Last night there was 20+ kids in the black dragons class and I felt like we had so much more room. It still feels weird not to go to the 9 am class, but I am going to try to make the white belt evening classes to get some more training hours in.
I attended the forms seminar held at the kwoon this weekend and it was everything I hoped for. I made learning Lau Gar one of my forms requirements and as it is now a requirement for black belt it was good timing. I wasn't getting far on my own so the forms seminar was a perfect opportunity. I didn't get through the whole thing, maybe just over half or so. When it was time to perform I really choked and only got through the first few moves, which was fine I guess, I still learned most of the form otherwise. Basically I had about 4 hours of undivided black belt attention (thanks Sifu Wilson) teaching me the form of my choice. Pretty sweet. So I've got a lot of new things to work on as well as keeping up with the everyday. Always busy.

i hate titles

The annual kwoon renovations were going on this week so there were no classes. I feel like I havn't been to class for a million years. You know how some days feel so long, not because they're boring, but because so much has happened. Like when something you did that morning feels like a week ago. I think it's just been a long week with all kinds of stuff going on so I feel like more time has passed than actually has.
So this week, sitting in chemistry, the professor starts talking about the scientific method, I had to actually clasp my hands together so I wouldn't raise my hand and ask him what he thought the REAL purpose of the scientific method was. That will make no sense to anyone except those of you who just finished the zen and the art requirement for Sihing class. Who knew kung fu helped you with chemistry?
I am really looking forward to returning to classes. Some days it was hard to go to classes because I was physically exhausted from work, but now I sit in a windowless classroom for 8 hours a day and the activity will be neccesary. Can't wait to train!