My day off
Since the high school where I tutor on Mondays and Wednesdays is having testing this week and next, I had off today. My one class wasn’t canceled, but it wasn’t bad, either. I got to sleep in a bit, too, because the class doesn’t start until 9:30. I’d been feeling really weak and unknowledgeable in the blue belt classes as Seido, so I decided to go to the early afternoon class that I’m usually never able to make. Kyoshi Akira taught the class; I’d forgotten how much I like him. I’ll have to make an effort to go to more of the classes he instructs.
Ricky and I are very pathetic sushi-eaters. We went to my Japanese restaurant to take advantage of its last customer appreciation $1 sushi $2 rolls day (there were three total). A review I came across online said that the place has the best sushi in lower Manhattan, so I had pretty high expectations, and I am happy to say that they were met. Granted, I haven’t tasted all of the sushi in lower Manhattan—in fact, I don’t believe I’ve had sushi since coming to New York—but it was probably the best sushi I’ve ever had. Normally I don’t have much of a taste for sushi for a while after having some, but I think I could get sushi from there again soon. Despite its being really good sushi, Ricky and I had to pick it apart to scrape out the tiny bit of wasabi hidden under the fish, and though neither of us used the soy sauce, I did manage to dip my hair in it. [Note: I do know the name of the restaurant, I just chose not to disclose it. And Christina, Ricky’s iced green tea had a little tree in it; there’s a picture on my phone to prove it.]
In the free time after lunch I was able to finish all of the work that’s due tomorrow (so now I have nothing to do in my boring 8am class). Then I went to two classes of Seido, and I felt great afterwards. Recently I’d only been going to one class Wednesday nights, but doing two gives me so much energy and puts me in a very good mood. I’m glad nothing bad happened tonight to ruin that. I’m just about able to do modified (girl) knuckle push-ups pretty well! It’s very exciting; three and a half hours after the class ended and my knuckles are still red. Funny, three months ago that would have been a complaint.
So I had a very enjoyable day off. I only regret that I have to go back to school tomorrow.
A somewhat related subject: My little brother got his letter of invitation to MKA’s Black Belt Club yesterday. He was very pleased, though not necessarily excited. Being a confident optimist, he insisted that he would get invited.
January 26th, 2006 at 2:52pm
Yeah, I’ll believe that when I see it.