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I promise you I won't bore you with constant updates on aikido... But I thought I'd mention that after my latest Tuesday night session there, where Charlie was teaching and thus the session was, well, vigorous and I ended up doing lots of high falls, I still wasn't as sore the next morning as I was after the first time back. This is a good thing. Mind you, the gas tank was entirely empty and I was running on vapors by the end of the class, so I've still a long way to go to get back into shape. And that's after teaching the first 20 minutes myself -- Charlie was running late, and I was the senior student (sempai) on the mat, so 'protocol' meant that I had to start the class...
Still in all, it's good to be back. Hopefully, I can drop a few pounds, lose a few inches, and get back a little of the stamina I used to have...
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As I was getting out of my car to teach yesterday, I realized that I was actually looking forward to teaching the classes, and that with teaching, for the first time in my life I actually have a 'job' that I enjoy and want to be doing. All the other 'real' jobs I've had in my life I've taken simply for the income. None of them have been horrible (with the exception of the last few years of my Kelly Services stint), but none of them have been something I wanted to get up in the morning and do. It's a nice change.
Of course, I've always had writing and music, at both of which I'd spend all day and night if I could afford it...
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Driving home yesterday, I came up to the light, and alongside me was a pickup truck with American flags attached to the windows on either side, and patriotic stickers all over the bumper proclaiming this person's dedication to America.
Just before the light turned green, the guy rolls his window down and drops a fast food bag on the roadway, then rolls up his window and drives off.
Yep. A true American.
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Still in all, it's good to be back. Hopefully, I can drop a few pounds, lose a few inches, and get back a little of the stamina I used to have...
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As I was getting out of my car to teach yesterday, I realized that I was actually looking forward to teaching the classes, and that with teaching, for the first time in my life I actually have a 'job' that I enjoy and want to be doing. All the other 'real' jobs I've had in my life I've taken simply for the income. None of them have been horrible (with the exception of the last few years of my Kelly Services stint), but none of them have been something I wanted to get up in the morning and do. It's a nice change.
Of course, I've always had writing and music, at both of which I'd spend all day and night if I could afford it...
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Driving home yesterday, I came up to the light, and alongside me was a pickup truck with American flags attached to the windows on either side, and patriotic stickers all over the bumper proclaiming this person's dedication to America.
Just before the light turned green, the guy rolls his window down and drops a fast food bag on the roadway, then rolls up his window and drives off.
Yep. A true American.
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