3.20.09

grrr... We've had about 4 tournaments so far this year, and I haven't been able to compete at a single one. First I was sick, and then I tore a ligament in my finger, and now my ankle is busted. There is another tournament in about a month. Hopefully I will be able to compete at it. Right now I can barely practice. It makes me sad. I was going to write more, but the computer is starting to have issues...

2.16.09

We finally got our new team uniforms! YAY! We look awesome. Our first tournament is this coming weekend. Unfortunately, I will be missing it. I have been sick for the last few weeks (sinus infections... sore throats... very tired), so I haven't been able to train (but in early January I was doing amazing and running a 15 minute mile and a half!). I am also taking a history class late friday evenings, and that kind of gets in the way a little bit. Normally we leave Friday around noon to travel to the tournament city (like Houston, or Chicago) and then we spend a night in a hotel, and go to the tournament at 8am Saturday morning. Since I have that night class, I have to travel REALLY late at night or REALLY early in the morning in order to make it to the tournament on time. I am looking forward to graduating in May. I haven't decided what I am going to do in the fall. Anyway, for Valentines Day we had our first team fund raiser. We babysat kids from 6-11pm. Somehow I misheard the information, and I was told to come at 5:30 for some pizza. When I got to the karate school, the front door was ajar, the alarm was beeping, and it was totally dark inside. I didn't see any of my friends' cars in the parking lot. I turned off the alarm, and then went back to my car and started calling all the head instructors. No one would pick up their phone! I finally got a hold of the guy who was supposed to have locked the place up, and they said something about the alarm was going off when they left, but they didn't think it was a big deal (?!?!?!). About that time the cop showed up. I hung up the phone and told the cop that I arrived a minute or two before she did, and that I thought the alarm was going off because someone accidentally turned on the alarm while the front door was propped open. Then in the middle of talking to her, the karate school's phone rang, and I picked it up, and it was one of the head instructors (Great... Why couldn't he have answered his phone 2 minutes ago). I had to explain everything to him. So the cop took down my information, and then we searched the karate school to make sure it was safe. Half way through the search, one of the other instructors shows up and I have to explain everything to him. We finished searching the karate school, and nothing was missing, and no one was there, so the cop left and then the parents started coming and dropping off their kids. The rest of the night was a blast! I forgot my camera, so I don't have any pictures, but it was a lot of fun. We played new games with the kids and ate pizza and watched Kung Fu Panda. There were about 24 kids. We had no injuries, and all the kids reported having fun and not wanting to leave when their parents showed up. Yay! Good times!