Weekend
Saturday the 11yo and I were back at the dojo, this time for his belt ceremony and board breaking. I was assisting that day and I had to hold several boards for breaking. My finger tips are still a little numb! The 11yo did great! He broke both his boards and got his third stripe. Next stop – his red belt!
My husband picked up the 11yo to walk home and I stayed for more classes. We reviewed my previous form, which I have pretty much forgotten. Then we worked on some higher rank skills that I can always use practice on.
Back at home I took the tree out from the shed, because Saturday was dry and Sunday it was supposed to rain again. But then I realized I couldn’t really leave the tree up without securing it to the wall (Panther loves to climb up into it), and I couldn’t secure it to the wall before putting the lights on. So I stuck it in the backroom until later. Then I got ready for the party. The 11yo went to his grandparents’ house and the 14yo’s friends came over (the daughters of the friends I was going to the party with that night).
The party Saturday night was really fun. I left early and took the bus to my friend’s house and then we walked to the party (even though the party was much closer to my house, I just wanted to walk with her). We were kind of friends-of-friends there, but everyone was so nice and we had a ton a fun. I was really struck by how long everyone there had known each other, several of them were friends from elementary school! And they are still close enough to be coming to little house parties like this. That is rare in San Francisco I think. Very rare. Most people end up moving away eventually.
Sunday ended up being dry again, and beautiful! With the 11yo out of the house the morning was very quiet. I wrote yesterday’s post about the division of labor in our marriage. This took a LONG time, as I kept pausing to do laundry and other chores. About two hours later I posted it and started pressuring the 14yo and her friends to get ready for a walk (them) / run (me) at the Great Highway. We made it out of the house by 12:30 and it was still nice over there when we arrived.
I will say, this four mile run was a little rough. I’ve had so few good runs lately. Is it because I’ve been doing more cardio on the bike? I’m not sure, but when I turned around and realized how hard the wind was blowing, I felt super defeated. It was a looong four miles.
Afterward I took the girls to In-N-Out for lunch. It was CRAZY there and it took 25 minutes to get our food! By the time we got home it was 3:30! The girls played some MarioKart and SmashBros for about an hour, while I did some upper body and core strength, then I took everyone home.
That evening I put the tree up, put the lights on, and secured it to the wall. The kids wanted to put on the decorations, but I said no because I knew Monday was going to be a looong day with not much to do. So we left it up with lights, which change colors from white to colors. The lights are probably my favorite part of the tree.
It was so nice not to have to pack lunches for school the next day! And we all, very ceremoniously, turned off our early morning alarms for the week! Let the break begin!
After the kids went to bed my husband and I watched a couple episodes of Party Down while we enjoyed some cocktails with the delightful sesame infused vodka he made. It’s soooo good. I also started the calendar! I’m still working on it today, but I’m VERY pleased that I got it started last night. I think I’ll be done with one calendar by today, then tomorrow I can make a copy of it, and edit it for my in-laws. If I order them all by Wednesday I will be one happy panda.
Workouts
M: Rest
Tu: Sparring concepts + Sparring
W: 15min climb ride w/ Tunde (1/31/24) + 10 min Arms & Shoulders with Rebecca Kennedy (1/26/24) + 10 min stability ball ab video
Th: Rest
F: 30 min Bike Bootcamp 50/50 w/ Jess Sims (10/24/24)
Sa: Sparring + Forms + High Belt
Su: 4 mile ride + 10 min core w/ Tunde (11/3/24) + 10 min Arms & Shoulders with Rebecca Kennedy (1/26/24)
You’re on a roll with the writing and already putting up your tree. It looks lovely. The cake looks hmmm.. interesting. But it tasted good I presume?
Great that you got out for a run too, and didn’t know about the wind when you went out. 😉