I'm sick

What a great way to start a new year of training....I'm sick! I have bronchitis and the biggest draw back is that I can't breathe, therefore my training is limited. Okay, non-existent. Here are the things that I can do. I am reviewing my goals (again) and trying to figure how to set them so that I am challenged but not so far that there is no way I can reach them. I am determined to figure it out so they will be in place soon. I am reading a book called the Heart of Buddhism and I am finding it very interesting. I am not going to comment further because I definitely need more time to contemplate the ideas that I am learning. I am working on my knitting projects while watching movies with my family (also sick). I am finishing re-writing all the techniques and combos on recipe cards so that I can laminate them. The first time (last year), I did them in pencil and after much carrying around and some sweating, the pencil wore off. Ahhh, we live and learn. I am also working on how to publicly display my leadership project. It something that I am have been trying to find the time for and now I have found it. So I guess my training isn't non-existent, it is just non-physical. I'll be back next week with more happenings in the Kichko world. (One of my goals is to blog every week).

341 days to grading

Sihing Kichko

Here's my week

It's great to back to training with everyone. It is so much better training when you can go to class and hang out with like minded people. I helped with the Black Dragons this week and it was a lot of fun. They sure do work hard. It is cool to look around the kwoon and see what you helped with, the painting, the scrubbing, the putting back together. It is a good feeling to be a part of our place.

I also participated in the Rotary Run this week. I had started out (for most of the year) training to run the 1/2 marathon with my partner, and then I hurt myself and had to have a rest and then switch from running to power walking. I learned a great deal in the process, first of all, I love walking. I think that I forgot that, in my push to improve my fitness and get better. So I think that I am going to stick to power walking and keep my injuries down to a dull roar. The second thing that I learned is that I enjoy training for the run much more than actually doing the run, I thoroughly enjoyed walking 10 km on Sunday. I invited my mom to walk with me and we had a great time together. We raised money and awareness for Suicide Prevention and it really had a strong impact on my this year. I was more aware of the lives that are touched by suicide and over-whelmed by the support I received. In the past, when I have participated in the run, I have always miss all the announcements and awards afterward ( I take too long), this year because I walked the 10 km, I witnessed the ceremony at the end of the race. The most powerful part of the entire experience was the piping in (bag pipes) and honoring the families that lost someone to suicide. I could really feel their pain and was hit with a desire to do more, raise more money and awareness to prevent any more families from going through this struggle. I think that with more people talking about how they are feeling and what is happening for them, we can help prevent suicide and the pain that it causes by those left behind.

That was my week......

350 days to grading

Sihing Kichko