owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
My head hurts. Really. I tried to sleep off this headache, I tried to sleep it off, I took some pills (yay for Neurofen!) but it won't go away. I got it during my karate beach class today. Hmph. Okay! So karate beach class! I got there at like 7 50am...and it was fucking freezing. There was a delightful breeze that saw everyone shivering and trying to stay warm...so the sensei's figured we couldn't do the whole lesson on the beach - because cold!!!!
So we began on this grass oval thingy - RUNNING. THEY MADE US DO LAPS. Lauren does not run. Seriously. I ran one lap, and when they were like, "go again!" I was like, nuh uh. I am totally not running around this oval HUGE thing again. So I walked for a bit, then gave up. Then we did our stretches...but by this time the wind or salt air or whatever it was made my ears and throat reeeeeallly hurt (I whinge a lot.). So I was grumbling as I did techniques. Then we did some kata, and then some self defence stuff.
Then! We moved onto the beach - we all got into lines facing the ocean, and each sensei had a bit of a pool noodle and we had to all approach a sensei one at a time, and they would hit us at random places, then we had to block it, punch and kick 'em, run to the water, touch it, and get back in line. Running on SAND. We did this many times. Then it was if you could block the sensei's attack, you could attempt to shove them in the water. If you missed, they could shove you. *smug* I didn't miss. However, I did once, I think, 'cos the bottom of my uniform got wet AND IT WAS COLD AND UNCOMFORTABLE. And then we did the bow out - on the beach. Keep in mind, at this point about 90% of the class is wet head to toe, and the rest at least up to their knees. Bow out includes kneeling. So we were very sandy.
It was fun. But now my head hurts.