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| The excitement! It is... not noticeable. |
Anyway there was some sort of catastrophic train malfunction so by the time I had gotten into Sandringham it was pretty late to be heading into Aikido. For an hour long class, I was going to be missing the first fifteen/twenty minutes. Other sports - you turn up, you make a blithe comment about the trains crashing into some cattle and you're away laughing. Protocol in the dojo is different though, and after a certain level of lateness I can't bring myself to attend. Sensei mentions punctuality a lot, and even though I don't control the trains I understand the example I set if I turn up half way through a class, especially to the beginners class. So I didn't go, and went straight to skate training instead.
Fitness: Skipped the Aikido, and had two hours on the track instead. Some of the drills we did the pack set what I thought was a slightly unreasonably fast pace. Looking back on it, if I'd been skating a bit lower it might not have seemed so fast (thoughts to myself for some minutes).
Aikido: oops.
Derby: It hasn't really sunk in that my first game is in... oh, one and a half days? Anyway, after the warm-up we went through more strategies - I love the heavy focus on strategy. Developing quick feet isn't going to help me a whit if I have an empty head. Plus, I skate. I skate as much as I can. My individual skills will develop without too much drive from the coaches, although they are very useful to have around to ask technical questions. We wrapped up gently to assist refocusing the team and had a bit of a positive projection for the game. I liked how it was all done - I admired the soft skills I saw tonight. They can push and be blunt when they need to, but when someone needed a hand reached out to them, it was already there. In case you can't tell, I got a case of the warm fuzzies. I'm really looking forward to Saturday - it'll be interesting to see how everyone comes together. I have to admit I kinda assume we'll win, I just wonder how much I'll contribute...?
Diet: I had a nectarine on the way out the door and then a stack of tea and biscuits for breakfast. I was quite late into work again and that sort of ruins me as I'll get stuck into a big pile of invoices and then it'll be lunch time before I think about stopping to get some fuel. I met with my brother at Food Alley and ordered some pho beef noodles from the Vietnamese place (not as good as the pho in northern Vietnam but still quite nice), then more tea and biscuits for afternoon tea. Chocolate milk after skate training - it wasn't too demanding as far as trainings go. Then I had some pre-cooked chicken when I got home. No need to go into why that filled me with rage. Hint: there was plenty of food in the freezer / fridge.
Sleep: I slept in, but only mildly (7.20ish) but that really ruined my get-to-work-on-time timetable. I forgot to reset my alarms because I turned on the later one on Wednesday - fail. It's just gone 11pm now, but I have the day off tomorrow and only a few things to do. I don't want to sleep in too late though as I'll need to still be in full sleep cycle to get up at 7.30am on Saturday...
Whoop! Taranaki tomorrow. My first real game on Saturday. Flying with the Wonderbolts. Did I mention I never expected it to happen so soon?
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| eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee......... (girlish squeal) |
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