Busy week getting ready for vacation and fulfilling my requirements. I missed class on Monday so I could take Oliver to the dentist. I have started to beat myself up a bit when I fall short of a goal (*100% attendance). I think this is good and bad, good because family is first and bad because I can’t let myself down. I am finding a better way of coping with all this now.

I will miss next week’s two regular classes and one San Shou class. I have already come to terms with this and will fill my vacation with equivalent training or more. Then the first week back we have boot camp, I am sure that will make up for the loss time.

Part of the whole journaling process is to leave a trail off bread crumbs. Bigger than that for me is to capture feeling’s that I can re tap into at a later time. I had one of those moments last night. We signed up for this year’s boot camp. I have an idea of what to expect but it will all be new. One of the seminars will be weapon’s training. This year they have decided on the double broad sword. Last night Sifu Brinker gave me my first weapon to use for the seminar. I am a little excited to say the least. Now I may not of written about this but after a conversation with Shing Reiger last night I felt I should. He told me how he felt after he received his first weapon the Bo stick. He felt the same way I did last night. I felt the need to capture the feeling.

By no means do I feel like a Martial artist yet, I just love the fact that I am practicing a martial art. The idea of using a weapon that was used by ancient kung fu practitioners makes me feel I am on the right path.