it's been a while

I haven't written in quite a while. It's strange not having the commitment to blog every week after doing it for 3 years. Now that it's been so long I wonder how I stuck with it.
I have not been training as much as I was lately, working a new job with different hours has changed my schedule a lot. I am working the early evenings so most times I head straight from work to kung fu, or I miss it completely. I have been sitting on the bench watching the blue brown class- something I never used to do, but the issues I have been having with my feet are back with a vengence. I'm on my feet all day again and sometimes it's just too painful to even think of spending an hour on the mats participating in class. I even watched black belt class last week- they were just too sore to stand on, on the bad days it makes my knees ache. As with anyone with an injury knows it's hard to feel limited in what you can do, and as with most of my chronic injuries I really haven't taken care of this one until it's do or die.
On the positive side I am working in a vet clinic and the experience I'm getting is amazing. I've done more hands on in the last month than a whole year of school. There are times that it's a little bit of trial by fire for me, but I'm up to the challenge. Learning side mount at kung fu has done wonders for my large dog restraint!