ewt | (no subject)

Ohboy.

Okay, so I went to Aikido last night. I can do less with my elbow than I thought, and spent most of the second half doing Ki tests with

hairyears while everyone else did making-your-attacker-fly-through-the-air-and-fall-over.

I am actually scheduled for the grading in Wales on the 21st. OHSHIT. I've just had a month off, I don't remember everything I need to remember, there's stuff on that grading I haven't DONE before. All the first-form stuff on the move, plus all the second-form stuff. No Ki tests (but I'm good at those!).

Sensei said I should come on Thursday night and decide then whether to grade. I think I can probably learn stuff if I swot up lots, but whether I actually grade mostly depends on how much better my elbow is by then; there's still quite a bit of visible swelling., and if I can't do it I can't do it. Still, there's a chance I will be able to do it, so I must swot.

I'd really like to get my orange belt with the others in my class. Also, there are very few gradings I can make, because I teach many Saturdays and nearly all Sundays... so if I miss this, I'll probably have to wait until the London grading in April. That's a long time, and the others will be getting Green Belt by then.

Nothing for it but to swot, so swot I will. And keep doing hot/cold compresses on the elbow, and taking my ibuprofen like a good ewt.

Does anyone know where I can get sushi made with Pacific salmon, or with organically-farmed Atlantic salmon? Mustn't be too too expensive but it might be nice to have some once a month or so as a treat.

Must phone students and figure out WTF I'm doing today. Meh. But, money is good.