Hi Sam!

This week has been a big week already. I finally broke some boards! I had a really powerful "skidoosh" moment (I just watched Kung Fu Panda 2) when I turned and saw that last board and it broke so perfectly. The entire blue brown class applauded me and my daughter ran over and hugged me...Adrien was there smiling and so was Sifu Brinker. At that point I actually felt a little like Kung Fu Panda myself! I realize I'm really playing this up, but it felt pretty awesome and as most of you know I've been agonizing over the boards for a few months now.

At the UBBT meeting this week I talked about my struggle with the boards to all of my team mates. Sifu Brinker pointed out what a great learning experience this has been for me, yes, including not breaking my boards and then bringing them home to stomp on, and then burn, and instead bouncing off "like a raisin off an Oldsmobile". Those board would have made excellent construction material.

I do need to break again but I feel that my mental block is gone, and it has been quite the learning experience. I feel confident that I can repeat my breaks successfully again. OK, I'm officially done talking about boards!