ON TO LJ

So, obviously not a lot going on here. That's because after attending the Nebulas, I joined LiveJournal and have been letting the world know about my life through that venue, since I could friend a lot of the people I met at the Nebs.

So, if you're still interested in me, please visit my LiveJournal. I also respond to any comments posted on any of my blog entries here.

And who knows, maybe I'll be back here some time, or actually get around to updating this space with the LJ news.

KRAV MAGA CLASS

Tonight we covered:
- Upper Cut Punch
- Defense vs Upper Cut Punch
- Review Choke Front with Push
- Choke Against Wall / Front

While I plan to go to the Monday & Wednesday classes every week, I'm currently actually attending about four classes a month. Spring storms come in every Wednesday and have been playing havoc with my head. The migraines aren't every day (thank every deity possible), but the change in pressure will set one off, and I wouldn't be able to be a good student or partner when my head hurts so much my left eye is throbbing.

The classes I do make are great and I'm very glad I decided to finally take this up. I still need a hot bath after each class so I don't walk too woundedly (is that a word?) the next day. ^_^;

Here's to a stronger and more dangerous me! ^_-

PARTY

Nissan hosted a food-filled past & present co-worker party at her house tonight, complete with cheese fondue. A chocolate fountain was supplied by a guest (first time I'd seen one in action), and I have no doubt someone drank out of directly before the night was done. Tonbo was free, so we drove out together. Showed up early, had a lot of fun, and left when the number of people and noise level became too much for my introverted self.

SERENITY BETTER DAYS #2

Buy it, read it, wait in eager anticipation for the last issue ...

Serenity: Better Days #2, new Firefly comic by Joss Whedon released by Dark Horse Comics

BDAY BC TRAVEL

[I can blog about this now, but at the time, it was a secret ... ]

There are lots of reasons you don't want to receive a phone call at 4 am. One of the lesser evils is that you plane has been canceled. Thanks to a very friendly and helpful American Airlines employee, I was able to catch an earlier flight which left me even more time for my connection in Seattle.

Because I'm traveling on my birthday* as a surprise visit to my Dad for his birthday.

Everything went well. I love the Fireworks Gallery at SEATAC airport, and can spend a lot of minutes and moola in there. The little prop mountain hopper sailed smoothly into Okanagan Valley, where I met my mom at the Kelowna airport. My sister should arrive an hour after me (how cool is that, especially since she left half a day earlier than me from Mongolia. Really, Mongolia).

So lots of people get off various planes and no sister. Since the airlines can't give out personal information, we don't know at what point she stopped traveling along the itinerary she sent. We assumed she made it to Shanghai. We hoped she made it to Vancouver. She obviously hadn't made it to Kelowna.

Therefore, in an attempt to track her down, we ended up having to call my dad at the house and well, there went the surprise. Fortunately, sis showed up on the last flight of the day, and it was all good.


* and Nathan Fillion's birthday. Never forget Nathan Fillion.

UNCLE SAM WANTS MY MONEY

Saw my tax accountant today. A little less to do this time, as I only did one convention last year with Fan Done. The site gets maybe one sale a month, but I'm going to keep it up because I still have Can't Take the Sky From Me Wristbands available. And if I make some time for it, there are designs I want to put on the Fan Done CafePress store.

A small refund is in my future.

I HAVE RUN OUT OF WAYS TO SAY "OW"

Remember those padded assailant attacks I so enjoyed yesterday?

Today, it hurts to blow my nose.

I'm sore after my normal krav maga classes, but it's a very localized kind of sore: the arms from punching, or the legs from kicking. Having been grabbed around the waist over a dozen times, and ending up on the ground at least once in a fight with a padded guy bigger than me apparently did all kinds of things to the muscles on my central body. From the hips to the shoulders, I ache. I'm also aware of how many daily actions involve those central body muscles. Like getting up, or sitting down. Walking isn't that bad, and thankfully I don't have to cough often.

Guess Monday's krav class will work out all the soreness ... or overlay it with a new layer.

Go me.