finding inspiration

Things are starting to look up towards the end of the week. I was very inspired by watching the the other members of my team preform their weapons forms in class Friday night. Each person brought something of themselves to the form they choose to do so no two forms looked alike. Makes me want to work harder so I don't let them down. I am excited to be a part of this years pandamonium. I think we have hit on something special. We have something to show the community and I for one am proud to be a part of it.My numbers are picking up again, as I feel better, both physically and mentally. That could be because Randy is coming home for a week. God I must sound so sad, a grown woman who can't function without someone to support her. I'm working on it. "The secret of heath for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.

Sick and wanting to kick something

After avoiding the flu and colds everyone else had this winter it finally caught up with me this week. Along with a bad case of" feel sorry for Linda ". When you feel like that things just seem to snowball all around you. Randy was lucky he wasn't here or he would have got the brunt of it.To be honest I am not doing very well adjusting to the single parent life, and there is no one to feel sorry for me.... except of course me .... and I'm doing a bang up job of it. I'm hoping as I start to feel better physically my spirits will lift as well. What about my training you may ask.... Ba humbug. Well tomorrow is a new day... Linda

Last launch

Space shuttle Discovery had one last mission to complete. Randy (my husband) was there to witness it. At daybreak Tuesday April 17 ,the oldest of NASA's retired shuttle fleet left it's home at Kennedy Space Center for the final time, riding on top a modified jumbo jet. It's destination: the Smithsonian Institution's hangar outside of Washington , D.C. The plane and jet made a farewell flight over Cape Canaveral before heading north. Randy drove a hour before daybreak to Coco beach along with hundred's of other people to see it. He said it was one of those times that you definitely want to stay in the moment and try to remember for the rest of your life.

holidays

I have been away for the last few weeks visiting my husband in Florida, while I could read and receive emails I could not send them. I thought later or too late that I should have wrote my blog and posted it when I got home. Oh well you know what they say about twenty, twenty hind site. They have some restrictions on what you can carry into USA so I was not able to bring my sword with me, go figure. I moved through the form without it but somehow it wasn't the same. I was able to do lots of walking, mostly around theme parks so I was able to more than keep up with my milage. Unfortunately I don't care if I ever see another theme park (sorry Mickey)I also spent a lot of time in the pool and much to my daughters embarrassment If did my tai chi form in water, it was a different experience , I think I can see a positive change , but then again maybe I am making up excuses to do it some more, it felt great. Sun, water, and tranquility, not a bad combination. I found a bag with lots of great sayings on it and I thought I would share them over the next few weeks. "Nature wants us to be mediocre because we have a greater chance to survive and reproduce. Mediocrity is as close to the bottom as it is to the top , and will give us a lousy life. "