Better late than never?

Wanted to try and start posting on here again, so here I go.

Updates:

Work - as of Jan we are finally back to 100% salary after almost 3 years of having a pay cut. I competed PH1 of a lab building that had some exterior work. Most of my career has been on the inside/renovation so it's nice to see something from the outside.

School - October first we opened our school/dojo.  It's odd to think that technically this is our third month.  The first two were kinda rough. This month, things seem to be looking better. Hoping it continues. It's quite the feat for me to get to the school. I got a bike, Ava, and she helps me get there with a commuter rail ride in between biking bouts.

Health - its has been pretty good.  I've tried to make more of a commitment to training, and doing simple body weight stuff.  For each 'art' I have a goal.  Karate- its learning a new kata and competing with it. hope i am able to earn a stripe this year. Its been a year at green belt and time to advance.   Tai Chi- get the form down so I don't have to cheat while doing it, using the meditations wisely. Muay Thai, be able to do all the 'bridging' exercises, do a full pull up and push up. get my kicks strong.  Be ready by September.

I'm really proud of myself at my progress on my goals, just last week 5/7 days I was doing something.  I feel some muscle starting to peek and have noticeable progress in a few areas.

I guess this was on my mind and I just wanted to write it. I don't want to do it on Facebook and prefer here.
So...that is a short synopsis and I hope to keep this up a little better.

Suzy Toronto

Its been a LONG time.  A TON has happened and is still in the works..more on that on a later date.
Wanted to share a few pics which has some good words on 'Sisters'.  I was just reminded that I saw this in Grand Rapids when we were visiting and here are a few that I thought were poignant.
Enjoy.

Good Song of the Day

Just added this song to my collection yesterday...good song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZhQOvvV45w

Holy Update Batman

Wow its been awhile.

Things have been busy, but good.
Go the approval to start muscle building, and will probably start doing that next week - horray.
No tingles in a long long time - horray!

Work has been busy, but good. There are some thing that stress me out but all in all its ok.
I've also been able to leave at a decent hour each day.

Yesterday was out KICK-A-THON and we had a good number of kids that turned up. We all did our 1000 kicks and had a lot of fun. Best of all we raised money for our non-profit KICK.

Tomorrow a couple of our kids will be going to a tournament.  It will be early and probably stressful but I'm hoping that at the end of the day they will have fun.

In just a few weeks Jeff and I will be traveling to Michigan. We are SO looking forward to it. First of all we really need a break from Boston. Sometimes the city just really wears on you. It will be great to see my family again and especially hang out with little Stella.

Well that is about it for now...until next time

Bummer

So I know I've had an uphill battle and I'm excited to see all the positive changes in my body and all that...but a part of me is bummed.

Today, actually right now, is a fight going on, an all girl fight for charity. I can't help but want to beat myself up for not training sooner, harder, better. I could have been on the card...  We just got another posting for fights in NY, in June. Another one...that if I had been training sooner, harder, better I could have been ready.

This week I sparred for the first time in a long long long time.  I only did a few rounds.  I did ok I guess, and mentally I did ok - but wish I did better.

Guess I am just venting a bit and know I'll just use this as fuel.  I will get there one of these days.

New Regimine

So I've been noticing all the groups in Facebook changing cause they like to change stuff. One group that just changed was the Green Iguana Society. I was looking at the pics and saw a 16 year old iguana, amazing.  Kind of made me miss Spanky. Its been pretty rare that I think about him much or get sad over losing him, but for some reason I had a moment. Got me thinking I should do something positive like blog about the latest.

Just some odds n ends...

Tea - Going well. I'm now on my second batch and it should last me until about the end of this month.  Then I'll go and get another checkup and see what the next steps are. I probably will also talk about my workout routine to see if I should adjust anything. No tingling, no other pains...AND I feel like I'm getting stronger and muscle. Which is funny cause I'm not doing anything to build muscle - goes to show the spleen is doing its job.

Workout goes like this:

Monday - Morning Cardio

Tuesday - Morning Cardio, Evening Muay Thai (Bonus: Karate)

Wednesday - OFF

Thursday - Morning Cardio, Evening Muay Thai (Bonus: Karate)

Friday: OFF
Saturday and/or Sunday: Hit Stuff when possible

For the past three weeks I've kept on track and have been able to go to Karate at least once a week.

My Muay Thai striking is improving by leaps and bounds...even in a weeks time I've been seeing major improvement. I've started to get compliments at how loud, strong they are. 

Ex: Guy#1 helping Guy#2 decide if he has to choose between our class and another class by another teacher.  Guy #1 "ahaha, dude if the Muay  Thai teacher's girlfriend can hit harder than the Pro MMA boxing coach what does that tell you?"  GOOD TIMES!

I've started my same methodology with kicks. I have to start someone so I'm starting with focusing on Front Kick. I need a long range weapon, I'm tall it makes sense. So all I'm doing is nice and slow technique and more technique. Slowly working on power. 

The hope is that I continue with all this, and hopefully start getting hit soon and lifting weights soon. Maybe end of this year will be my moment to get into that ring. 

Going to Karate has been great and we are slowly ramping into the chaos of Summer.  Sometimes its so rewarding and at other times heartbreaking.  We aren't supposed to have favorites, but I do. Hearing about his heartbreaks and seeing him go through tough times for such a young boy has been hard. I just hope that we are a beacon of light for him.  

BUT!  Soon we'll have our KICK A THON, and Karate Camp and probably go to a Tournament.  All good stuff.

Work has been good - busy and I've done really well at keeping a balance with life. Its another good piece for me continuing to be healthy, happy and strong.

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Almost May

Can't believe its almost May already....

Things have been pretty good. This past week was a great regimen of cardio and classes.
Now, its time to motivate myself to get some much needed errands accomplished.  We'll have visitors soon so the place has to be ship-shape.

Work has been hectic but manageable, workouts felt good.

Its been awhile since I've posted any music..so here is Train- Marry Me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghZt2cILcCU

Good stuff.