Captains Log

I was late with my last journal entry so I’m writing this one, two back to back, to make up for it, huzzah! This is a status update; it’s been awhile since I’ve done one. Things are going fairly well overall. I’m still ahead in some and behind in others. I’m on track with forms, pushups/sit-ups, journaling and reading but behind in acts of kindness, sparring and jujitsu. I’ve been grappling a lot more lately with another black belt during the week (Sifu Prince) but it’s still pretty hard to get 2 hours a week in. Sparring can be tough to get, especially since I’m running the advanced class now and can’t jump in myself to spar as much.

I think I’m a bit behind in the running/biking goal but the snow has finally melted and I got my bike tuned up yesterday so I’m ready to start putting on the km’s. I’ve been entertaining the idea of riding my bike to work. I probably will start doing it most of the week; it’s not that far, about 10 minutes in a car, I’m worried about riding in traffic though. This weekend I’m going to do a trial run to see how long it takes and plan a route. I’ll see if I can stay of the major roads. This will help with my 1000 mile goal and the buy/ride bike a lot goal.

My reading is on track. I was way ahead, I probably still am, but my lead has lessened because of a single book. I was reading D.H. Lawrence’s “The Rainbow”. It took me forever to read it; I didn’t have a lot of enthusiasm for it. The best way to describe it, in my opinion, is “filling”. A single page in that book felt like a chapter in others, not because I thought it was boring but because of the writing style and how much importance was put on every sentence. It was exhausting to read. I didn’t enjoy it very much. It was one of those things that, looking at it in its entirety, I admire it for the accomplishment it is, and find moments of brilliance here and there, but overall I got very little enjoyment in the reading itself. It was a very ambitious book and had some fantastic ideas but it was very heavy. I just started “Howard’s End” and I’m already moving faster and I’m enjoying it.

I got my first public performance in on Saturday (albeit a lousy performance on my part ARGH!), only four more to go, it should be easy to get since I want to be active on the demo team. I have a new goal to add to my UBBT requirements! The goal is actually one of my friend’s ideas, something he wants to do. It involves my participation and I was taking it fairly casually but I’ve decided to take it seriously and commit to doing it. This way both my friend and I can help each other work towards the same goal and keep each other accountable.

The goal is! … Drum roll please…

***Do something adventurous every month***

The main focus of these adventures will be backpacking/hiking/canoeing/climbing/snowboarding and other outdoor, wilderness orientated activities. I am leaving the interpretation of “adventurous” open to include pretty much anything though, so long as it’s bold, a step out of routine or a new experience.

I’ve been having trouble for the past couple weeks keeping a regular daily routine. I’ve just now started to pick myself out of the slump. I think it had something to do with my last few injuries. After I’m healed I try to get back in the swing of things and go hard right away. About three days in I usually feel exhausted and end up taking it easy for the next couple. It’s easy to get behind and it takes a bit of time for me to have enough energy to work hard every single day (except Sunday). I should really start getting more sleep, it would probably help. I feel like I need more sleep whenever I’m really active.

I’ve watched the new Star Trek movie trailer too many times and now I’m a bit excited, hence the title of this entry.