I am in training this week for the TaiJi Legacy .
If you can count three days as training...
I've run the short competition form our school is using a few times and I'm exactly in time. I've run the saber a few times and come in at about 2 minutes, which is fine.
I'm almost happy with my forms, though I will have to work to stay relaxed when the time comes to perform them in public.
Now, the third category I will be in is limited-step push-hands. I was not going to compete in this, but then Sifu mentioned something about "overcoming fear" so I had to sign up. Now that we are practicing fast again in class, in preparation for the tournament, I find that I've improved a lot this year. So I'm not nearly as concerned as I was about making a fool of myself, so that's nice.
I'm re-reading Girl Genius and delighting in the Foglio's work once again.
We are heading into hurricane season, so the fun storms are upon us! Lightning! Rain! Thunder! Wind!
I especially love the wind. I stand out in it and feel my physical boundaries disappear, my senses carried out the the horizon on its power...
... but I digress.
I've started spending some time on the Internet again, poking my nose in here and there, and having fun.
And free. Free! I feel the happiness as the pressures fade from me...
Oh, and we are buying our house. We close on the 29th, if things continue to go well.
Woo!
Maybe we will have a house-warming party in August, even though we've been there for two years already. But I desperately need to clean, and that would be a good excuse.