wow, this month has been full and gotten away from me. The first weekend of the month, on Saturday, there was a Louisiana Classical Association meeting -- in which I was promoted to the new post of Blog Administrator. Does this replace the Newsletter Editor, or just represent a shift in technologies? Not sure, but I got the new blog set up today ( http://laclassical.wordpress.com if anyone is interested). Sunday we went with another couple to the Renaissance Festival in Hammond. When we first entered, we got serenaded by a wandering bard! Spent too much money probably, but we got some worthwhile stuff, so it'll be okay in the long run.
The second weekend was our road trip to Charlotte, for the US-K Martial Arts tournament. That was a great experience, and while there were a lot of things I could have done better, I know now how to prepare next time. Even with some mistakes, I still took first in forms in my division (red belt women), and third in sparring (advanced). That sparring trophy is pretty significant, because we few women asked to be mixed in with the men, so the sparring was co-ed. It was really a mistake, and we should have instead been forced to spar each other, even though that would have meant the three women from the Chi Institute were sparring each other ... again. My first opponent was a 17-yo Tae Kwon Do boy. The match was 2 minutes, or first one to five points. I took some good shots to the gut, and by like 1:55, I was ready to quit. Time was called as I was telling the judge I needed to stop. And it turns out I won the match, beat the kid on points. HA. I opted to sit out the next round though, which is why I only took third (the judges had to compress the brackets a little, because it was getting late, I guess). Had a heck of a bruise on my arm later, but no long-term damage.
The third weekend we turned around and had testing at the Chi Institute. Everything went smoothly, no one freaked out, but I was sick, and probably should have asked for an extension or something. Some students came down from the Wisconsin branch for their dan test, so there were seven students promoted to black belt that day total, four from our own school. Big crowd! After the test, a bunch of us went to the Ren Fest again, mostly to see Ordo Procinctus in action -- lots of the Tang Soo Do crowd wants to get in on that now. It was a soggy cool day, and probably made my cold worse, but it was fun to be with a group of like-minded people.
Tuesday my cough was so bad and my throat hurt so much that I actually stopped at the walk-in clinic to ask for some meds. First time since college -- but I was afraid that I might be getting laryngitis, and I've done that dance before and did not like it. Feeling much better today, although I'm still clearly not 100%.
We just stayed home for Thanksgiving, didn't invite anyone over, didn't crash any parties. Pork chops and corn casserole was our big Thanksgiving dinner, and it tasted darn good to me. I was thankful for my husband being there to care for me, and for cooking, and that we had decided to spend a weekend at home rather than traveling.
One more week of classes, then the dreaded final examinations, and at last, winter break.
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