Nick ‘n’ Heather

So here is another update on our 2nd Dan journey. Last night I packed supper and picked up Nick at work so we could head to Elysian. Ran into some traffic on 494 but, luckily with two of us, we got to use the carpool lane once we got on 35. Nice! That was pretty awesome because we flew by and cut off a lot of time we would have spent at 20 mph. We got to Tim’s around 6:30 and found that they were having a 2 hour sparring session so we geared up and jumped in for a little bit. When sparring was done it was time for pattern and Tim had Nick and I go through all the patterns with all the color belts and then do Koryo for all the kids to watch. It was a fun way to do patterns. We took a short break and then began the adult class. After warm-ups, Nick and I paired up and got to working on black belt techniques. We have learned them before but it has been a long time so we kind of forgot them, hey, it happens. We learned 4 of the techniques before the class was over. After we finished, Tim went over taeguk 1 and 2 with Nick and I and went over 3 and 4 with me. Fun fun. We packed up and left after that to head home. We checked the clock and realized and we had been there for close to three and a half hours! Nice workout!

Today, I am kinda sore but it is a good sore. Oh yeah, when we got back last night, Nick realized that we had forgotten to get his car at work so he would take my car in the morning. Well, it rained last night and apparently Nick left his windows cracked…opps. And then to make matters worse, he forgot his car keys here so he could not even get in to close the windows. Instead, he grabbed some paper towels and stuffed them in the cracked windows to keep out the light rain that was still going in the morning. Tonight, I don’t think we have much planned. Tomorrow we are going to Hutchinson for Rumble in the Park, Tim’s mini-tournament. Should be a nice and fun day. Sunday it sounds that we will meet my step-brother, Bryan, and head to Alexandria where my parents will be waiting with the boat. We will spend a nice, relaxing day on the lake before heading home to fight traffic. I am looking forward to it!

Oh yeah, on the job front. Kind of happy. I talked to GfK yesterday. At first, they had said they would be done interviewing and would have chosen a candidate last week. I called to check-up and see where they were in the process. Turns out I wasn’t out of the running like I had thought. They were just running behind and told me that they hoped to be done very soon. I was happy with this news and Nick brought it into a new perspective. He said that if they were not even considering me, they probably would have told me that the position was filled. I hope he is right! So, keep crossing your fingers!

Tonight, Nick and I are going down to Elysian to train with Tim for a couple of hours. We will go over taeguks and work on the 10 black belt techniques. I will update on this later tonight when we get back. I am going to meet Nick for a picnic lunch today. He is all spiffy and dressed up because some clients are in the office today. He look very nice. I will stay home and do some laundry and apply for a couple more jobs. Kinda getting sick of writing cover letters, hell, I was sick of that a couple of weeks ago!

THANK YOU FOR ALL THE COMMENTS! It makes me want to keep writing! Today Nick finally got the photo book that I got him with all the pictures he took at the Star Wars exhibit at the Science Museum. He really liked it! After he drooled over the pictures, we had a little supper and then headed to TKD. It was fun and I realized that I don’t like sparring Nick because he is way too tall so I can’t get in close and when I do, he punches the crap outta me. He also came to the decision that he doesn’t like sparring me because I don’t try. Oh well. We both got some nice head kicks in on other opponents and then it was time to leave. We headed home and stopped at the Hostess outlet store to pick up some cupcakes…but they were out! So, we picked up some light twinkies and big cupcakes, both 2 points. When we got home, Nick had to pick up a book from the library and I had to drop one off so I came out with the great idea of running to the library. So we laced up the Nike’s and headed out, after all, why not get a little conditioning in with this little errand. When we were just about there I said to Nick, “Wouldn’t it suck if they were not open.” He did not think so and guess what…it was closed! Oh fun fun. I turned in my book and Nick beat me senseless. Well, not quite but he said he would never go anywhere with me again until he checked the hours of operation. Gesh, give me a break! Another day down, 57 more to go!