01:30, already?

This morning clovis_t and I wandered in to town; he dropped me off at uni, and he went to Centerlink to take care of some paperwork. I settled in to work, and met up with him and some friends later in the afternoon. Gave one of them an early birthday gift, since I won't get to see her tomorrow, and I wandered back home again. Took a short nap and settled back into uni work. Took what I'd intended to be a short break around 22:30 to read some more of blamebrampton's fic, enjoyed a handful of very short stories, and then unwittingly followed a link there to some fic by jadzialove (of whose existence I was previously unaware). Enjoyed a couple of the stories I found there, and was surprised to discover that it was 0:58 when I finished reading them. I then saw that a friend on Facebook had done her most recent status update in Latin, so spent some time using on-line dictionaries to craft a reply (since clovis_t has our Latin textbooks with him, I was reduced to using the internet), and it is even later. I think that it is seriously time for me to do yoga and get some sleep so that I can finish what I was working on tomorrow!

01:30, already?

This morning clovis_t and I wandered in to town; he dropped me off at uni, and he went to Centerlink to take care of some paperwork. I settled in to work, and met up with him and some friends later in the afternoon. Gave one of them an early birthday gift, since I won't get to see her tomorrow, and I wandered back home again. Took a short nap and settled back into uni work. Took what I'd intended to be a short break around 22:30 to read some more of blamebrampton's fic, enjoyed a handful of very short stories, and then unwittingly followed a link there to some fic by jadzialove (of whose existence I was previously unaware). Enjoyed a couple of the stories I found there, and was surprised to discover that it was 0:58 when I finished reading them. I then saw that a friend on Facebook had done her most recent status update in Latin, so spent some time using on-line dictionaries to craft a reply (since clovis_t has our Latin textbooks with him, I was reduced to using the internet), and it is even later. I think that it is seriously time for me to do yoga and get some sleep so that I can finish what I was working on tomorrow!

goal not met

Didn't do anywhere near enough uni work today.

Did do a fair bit of thinking about what I want for myself over and above the degree though. One of the topics considered has been fighting. I have, betimes, really enjoyed SCA combat, but at other times failed to practice enough to be good at it, and, in recent years, let a little bit of discouragement prevent me from participating in that activity, and, eventually sold my armour. This was, perhaps, not the smartest decision I could have made, and I have sent an e-mail to see if she'd be willing to sell it back, since her back injury has prevented her from using it. I hope she will, but am not going to hold my breath. Part of what has kept me from fighting was not doing any training, so that when I did put on armour my opponents hit me with little to no effort. Therefore, starting now (as in as soon as I push send) I'm going to do a bit of training on my own. I've got what little I can remember from over the years, and I've just been reading some on-line suggestions. If I can't buy back my armour, I'll wait till the degree is done and build anew, but in the mean time I can work on unarmoured training. This will be in addition to uni work mind you, not instead of it. This time, I'm going to work on this goal till I get good. I shall get to the point where I am able to win an occasional tournament. Step one: do slow work/training on my own, and seek out lessons as they are available. Once the degree is done and we can move into town, seek out a martial arts class because of the overlap of all of the different forms. If anyone has specific recommendations as to styles which are better for translating to SCA combat, feel free to say so and why.

This new drive shall *also* help push me over the edge into finishing up my degree, and progressing my career there after. I have decided.

goal not met

Didn't do anywhere near enough uni work today.

Did do a fair bit of thinking about what I want for myself over and above the degree though. One of the topics considered has been fighting. I have, betimes, really enjoyed SCA combat, but at other times failed to practice enough to be good at it, and, in recent years, let a little bit of discouragement prevent me from participating in that activity, and, eventually sold my armour. This was, perhaps, not the smartest decision I could have made, and I have sent an e-mail to see if she'd be willing to sell it back, since her back injury has prevented her from using it. I hope she will, but am not going to hold my breath. Part of what has kept me from fighting was not doing any training, so that when I did put on armour my opponents hit me with little to no effort. Therefore, starting now (as in as soon as I push send) I'm going to do a bit of training on my own. I've got what little I can remember from over the years, and I've just been reading some on-line suggestions. If I can't buy back my armour, I'll wait till the degree is done and build anew, but in the mean time I can work on unarmoured training. This will be in addition to uni work mind you, not instead of it. This time, I'm going to work on this goal till I get good. I shall get to the point where I am able to win an occasional tournament. Step one: do slow work/training on my own, and seek out lessons as they are available. Once the degree is done and we can move into town, seek out a martial arts class because of the overlap of all of the different forms. If anyone has specific recommendations as to styles which are better for translating to SCA combat, feel free to say so and why.

This new drive shall *also* help push me over the edge into finishing up my degree, and progressing my career there after. I have decided.