Weekend in Review

I had a great weekend...

It started with the Jewish New Year - Rosh Hashanah...We had dinner Wednesday night at mom's with my sister in law's family there. I got to spend time with my nephew. Thursday morning I went to temple with mom and then spent most of the day at her house with my grandma and her. It was a nice relaxing day overall and I got laundry done. After a great dinner, for a second night, I went to train at karate since the Black Belt Test was this weekend.

Friday was a busy day. I was running around for LISHA get some details taken care of for the Fall Conference at the end of October. I met with the catering hall...went to one place looking at flowers. I also went over to my old karate school to pick up my number for the black belt test. I haven't trained there in over 2 years but for some reason, my test number keeps getting sent there. Not a big deal...I should probably go over there to train one night. Maybe that will happen one night next week when I have a meeting and won't make it over to Plainview for the 8pm class.

Saturday was my relaxing day. I went to babysit my nephew with my mom. He is such a delight. I got to give him one of his feedings. He slept well. He likes to be held a lot but did do some sleeping in his crib. I took it easy at night because I had to get up early Sunday morning.

Sunday morning got me moving nice and early in order to make it out to NJ for the black belt test. When I got into my car, the low tire pressure warning light was showing. I took it and get some air into the tires. It was still showing the warning, but I went on my way to NJ. Halfway through my trip, the warning light went off. The Black Belt Test was awesome. I totally feel like I fit again. I did my push ups (35) straight, without stopping and the Sensei counting didn't even question me using the kick shield for my feet. I did 70 sit ups in one minute. Someone I knew from the old days was the one to hold my feet. I felt awesome. I have now earned my second of four starts needed to be allowed to test for second degree. If things stay on this course, I would be allowed to test for the second degree in a year. I've got a lot of work to do on my boxing skills but I think I am going to make a push for it. My training partner went for his second degree and did great through the first 8 rounds of boxing (he had to do 12) but then he took a hit to the ribs and that knocked him out. I am still so proud that he made it so far. I didn't get home until 7pm. I was so exhausted, I actually climbed into bed at 10pm and went to sleep for the night. If I thought I would have slept through the night, I would have gone to sleep at 9pm.