This was not to be the case because the cats followed me and decided that I would be the perfect pillow for an afternoon snooze. I ended up staring at the ceiling for 20 minutes and got up covered in cat hair and not one bit refreshed at all.
The familial stress has also started taking it's toll. I feel like my blood pressure is sky rocketing so my face is hot and I have a mild headache much of the time. To counteract this I need to be running and eating less. Neither of which appear to be happening.
So going to class has become a bit of a talisman in that I'm doing things that are heading in the correct direction for a better and healthier me.
I got to class and the news is that we are getting three new students! Two adults and one eight year old. I'm so excited. The addition of adults is awesome in my mind because it creates some balance in the heavily child-centric class. Of course that's not going to go away anytime soon, but interacting with adults seems so relieving.
New guy Dan appears to be in his 50's as well as new guy Tom. It's hard to tell anyone's age anymore (since tomorrow is my 51st birthday) and I know that I look younger than most folks my age. Well, until they get close. There isn't anyway to hid all those wrinkles and hair loss. New kid Chirloo, is incredibly quiet. I wasn't sure that he actually understood English, but he managed to get through class as best he could. Of course I ended working with him for about forty minutes. How does this happen? I wanted to hang out with the biker and the serious guy. Oh well.
Class was all about working on the Matsu Kazi kata and basics. The folks getting ready for this weekend's tournament broke out and focused on their katas and such. Mark and I worked with Chirloo as much as we could. I always feel like we are missing something when we work with kids. Too much info in one dose.
I decided not to go to after class due to the concentration on tourney prep and that ended up great because I could go to bed early. Snoooorreeee.
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