Yay Aikido! Felt so good to be back in the dojo! Two classes, and yay for doing more responsive techniques (react to ___ attack, keep moving). I'm best at that and we rarely do it. Reminds me of my old sensei and just makes me bubble with glee (albeit the slightly sadistic/masochistic kind, but that's alright in it's place). Happy. Enjoying ( Read more... )

Good day in the studio today. The "feather" (/ugly duckling) painting still isn't pretty, but I can now see where the understructure will become the base for a beautiful work. I put a layer on the draped canvas, and so far it's looking lovely. Yay ( Read more... )

I just cried tears of relief and joy for something other than being with soulrefraction.

I found a good dojo, and I'm back in Martial Arts.A huge weight and sadness and despair that has been hovering with me for years (esp the past 5) just got let go. The place is just what I need. The high skill level, mutual respect, attention to detail, caring, the ( Read more... )

I worked on (and hopefully fixed) a knee last night. Been catching up with people- phone, net, and (no really) in person. So glad. Silly that it's so hard to not spend all possible time with my love. Silly girl. Funny, we were thinking early on that it was a good thing that he actually needed to go to work or we would never get anything done ( Read more... )