Update for the Masses on my Life
Sep. 17th, 2008 01:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
skylark913 So, it's been awhile since my last update (btw, I will eventually finish posting the rest of my Greenwich entries). Things have been going rather well.
I'm all moved into my new apartment.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ravin_raven and I have a spiffy set-up. We're still getting organized and settled in, but things are going well. We got really lucky and didn't end up losing power during the wind storm. I'm excited for when we have people over to socialize. I brought Velcro (adorable kitteh) up this morning. He traveled surprisingly well. He talked to me almost the whole way up, but wasn't crying too bad or scratching at his carrier overly much. He in my room now, hiding under the bed and won't come out, but I didn't really expect any different, since he's in a completely new place now and is prolly scared because everything is new to him and nothing smells right. As long as I put his food and water at the edge of the bed he's still eating and drinking, so that's good. Hopefully he'll adjust soon, and then he can start getting used to Amanda. It takes him a few weeks to warm up to a new person, but once he does he's really sweet.
I got my first tip on my Brown Belt yesterday. That makes me 1st gup now. Just one more tip, then Black Belt, yay! Tanner was the one who tested me, which was nice because he's the one who's seen me train the most and knows where all my mistakes are. And he's the one who I'm going to be training with for the next year anyways. The test went about as I expected. All of my self-defense work was excellent (Tanner said I made him hurt :)) because that's what I train the most. It's what would be the most useful of all the training if I were actually attacked. I think I surprised Tanner on my second baseball bat defense. I just jump inside the overhead swing, grab the arm and throw him right right over my hip. I think it's the only throw I've actually legitimately been able to execute on someone who's bigger than me. :) My forms had some detail work that needs to be touched up, and I could have done them better. Kicks were about as I expected. Some of them were alright, but with my knee my spinning kicks and idan (jumping) kicks weren't great, but that's not something I can really fix.
Now I'm just waiting for school to start. This is my last quarter, and I'm ready to be done. I'm taking Yoga, English 581 (African American Lit), English 578 (a film class on the Sopranos), and Edu T&L 589 (field experience in teaching). Hopefully it won't be too bad, even with taking three 500 level classes. I'm going to be working in the Mail Room at the pharmacy again this quarter, and beginning to look for a job that can continue thru the winter and spring. I'll also be observing in a school and tutoring 3 times a week for my T&L class.
I'm excited for guild to start this year. Partly because I've missed the socialization and partly because I love the group for itself. I'm going to be the herald this year for Faire. Not a terribly involved role, since I'm sure how involved I'll be able to be after I graduate. It should be a lot of fun. I'm also going to be Garb Mistress this year, so we'll see how that goes. I'm kind of nervous about that, but I think as long as the older Rennies help out too that it'll be alright. Things'll be starting up next week, so that's not too long to wait.
Things with Thom are wonderful. He helped me to move in and since I've been back from England we've been seeing each other on and off. He doesn't move in until Sunday, since he's in the dorms again this year. It'll be interesting to see how much we get to see of each other this quarter, since our schedules seem to fit together like puzzle pieces. It's all good though.
I think that's all for now. Laters!
I'm all moved into my new apartment.
ravin_raven and I have a spiffy set-up. We're still getting organized and settled in, but things are going well. We got really lucky and didn't end up losing power during the wind storm. I'm excited for when we have people over to socialize. I brought Velcro (adorable kitteh) up this morning. He traveled surprisingly well. He talked to me almost the whole way up, but wasn't crying too bad or scratching at his carrier overly much. He in my room now, hiding under the bed and won't come out, but I didn't really expect any different, since he's in a completely new place now and is prolly scared because everything is new to him and nothing smells right. As long as I put his food and water at the edge of the bed he's still eating and drinking, so that's good. Hopefully he'll adjust soon, and then he can start getting used to Amanda. It takes him a few weeks to warm up to a new person, but once he does he's really sweet. I got my first tip on my Brown Belt yesterday. That makes me 1st gup now. Just one more tip, then Black Belt, yay! Tanner was the one who tested me, which was nice because he's the one who's seen me train the most and knows where all my mistakes are. And he's the one who I'm going to be training with for the next year anyways. The test went about as I expected. All of my self-defense work was excellent (Tanner said I made him hurt :)) because that's what I train the most. It's what would be the most useful of all the training if I were actually attacked. I think I surprised Tanner on my second baseball bat defense. I just jump inside the overhead swing, grab the arm and throw him right right over my hip. I think it's the only throw I've actually legitimately been able to execute on someone who's bigger than me. :) My forms had some detail work that needs to be touched up, and I could have done them better. Kicks were about as I expected. Some of them were alright, but with my knee my spinning kicks and idan (jumping) kicks weren't great, but that's not something I can really fix.
Now I'm just waiting for school to start. This is my last quarter, and I'm ready to be done. I'm taking Yoga, English 581 (African American Lit), English 578 (a film class on the Sopranos), and Edu T&L 589 (field experience in teaching). Hopefully it won't be too bad, even with taking three 500 level classes. I'm going to be working in the Mail Room at the pharmacy again this quarter, and beginning to look for a job that can continue thru the winter and spring. I'll also be observing in a school and tutoring 3 times a week for my T&L class.
I'm excited for guild to start this year. Partly because I've missed the socialization and partly because I love the group for itself. I'm going to be the herald this year for Faire. Not a terribly involved role, since I'm sure how involved I'll be able to be after I graduate. It should be a lot of fun. I'm also going to be Garb Mistress this year, so we'll see how that goes. I'm kind of nervous about that, but I think as long as the older Rennies help out too that it'll be alright. Things'll be starting up next week, so that's not too long to wait.
Things with Thom are wonderful. He helped me to move in and since I've been back from England we've been seeing each other on and off. He doesn't move in until Sunday, since he's in the dorms again this year. It'll be interesting to see how much we get to see of each other this quarter, since our schedules seem to fit together like puzzle pieces. It's all good though.
I think that's all for now. Laters!
