Wednesday, April 7, 2010

After Easter Update

Hello everyone out there in Blogland.  It's been a bit since my last post so I felt that I should jump on and tell people what is going on.  Things have been going well.  Work has been challenging, but interesting.  I am working on some stuff that I have never been exposed to before so I am learning a lot.  I equate learning at my job to taking a drink of water from a Fire Hose.  You get the picture.

The family is good.  We had a good family day on Good Friday and I got to see the baby boy interact at his music class.  he is definitely the class clown.  All of the other kids actually sat and tried to participate in sing-a-long, but not our son.  I don't think he stopped moving for the entire class, talking and jabbering to us and himself the whole time.  If you have not seen Phillip jabber yet, it is a must see.  I'll see about posting a video of him doing it later on.  We then spent the rest of the weekend visiting my wife's family in Statesville.

As you all know I passed my advancement test the Wednesday last week.  Since then I have been in limbo.  I turned in my Mastery paperwork for consideration, but I have not gotten a call yet to set up my interview.  I appreciate Sifu taking his time to consider candidates, but it would be cool to move into the more advanced Tai Chi class.  This month they are learning 3/4 staffs, which is something that I have always wanted to try.

Practice has been good but a little painful.  For some reason I have injured by left elbow last month when I started Tai Chi and the pain has not gone away.  I also recently pulled my hamstring in my left leg, which makes me take it easy when we do our Pendulum kicks in the warm ups.  I am starting to heal, but I feel it is going to take a while to be at full strength.  Regardless of the pain, classes have been great since we moved outside.  Practicing outdoors brings a different feel to the form.  I just feel more connected to my surroundings and it helps me practice my focus.  I tend to stray from my meditation in Universal Post by the Fire Engines, birds, and planes that offer their distractions.  However I am getting better at focusing.

That is it for now.  I'll be posting some other stuff in the near future.  Take it easy!!

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