One month and counting...

Nearly a year ago, I had a dream that I was three months away from my second degree black belt test, and I couldn't yet complete the endurance requirements.

One month and counting until the actual event. I am even farther behind on my endurance requirements than I was in my dream.

I can barely run a mile. (Well, I can run two, but not without some asthma.) I can't do  that many pushups...not nearly enough...the situps I can do though! xD And I don't know about the requirement of doing a whole bunch of jump front kicks in a row (Google it if you don't know what I'm talking about)...or if that requirement even exists any more, for that matter. >_> *feels really out of the loop*

Anyway...for my test I also have to spar two people at once. Considering my relatively abysmal sparring record...I'm not looking forward to that >_>

But in other news, life is very good! I have good books to read, some inspiration for the book I'm writing, I'm enjoying playing the piano, sketching, being outside, going to the beach, looking forward to going boating on the lake with my friends, the Olympics in less than a month and the Olympic Trials now...I am REALLY having a fantastic summer!

The other night I attended a freewrite party! ^_^ I hadn't been to one in a while, and this was the first time my sister joined us! I had a fun time trying to explain the various emoticons to her xD (My thanks to Cece, if you read this, for explaining them to her. v_v I wasn't doing a very good job, I'm afraid.)

*Looks at clock* *decides to go to karate at 6:15-ish* It's 5:15 now. If I go at 6:15 I'll get three classes in, including Certified Instructor Training, which should be fun. We should be doing the unit on injuries soon! I've missed almost every single class where that unit is covered, and apparently it's lots of fun. Someone will pretend to pass out in class, or something likewise entertaining, and we'll have to pretend like it's really happening. (The other entertaining class is the one where half the students pretend to have ADHD, or at least act on their already slightly ADHD tendencies. I have to admit, I have a LOT of fun getting to be rather more my normal self during that unit. xD)

*looks up at blog post* WOW! I'm actually improving at writing more on my blog! (Let me know if I'm being dead boring, of course. I don't want that!)

Short tidbits of news/random stuff
I went to the library the other day and found a Complete Works of Shakespeare for only three dollars at the used bookstore!!! I was so excited and bought it immediately!

My high school diploma still hasn't come. xD

I love honey-flavored Greek yogurt. I had it at my cousin's house a few months ago, and a couple days ago my mom let me get some from the market...and I've almost finished all of it already. It's DELICIOUS!!!! I would mail some to all of you, but I'm afraid it would spoil on the trip to y'all's houses v_v

I still haven't applied for any jobs. I'm hoping to work either at the library, Barnes and Noble, the local coffee shop, the Apple Store, the Windows Store, or Verizon. xD

Er...Well, that's all I can think of for the moment. I'm sure that once I click "Publish" about sixty other things will pop into my head. Ha, ha.

Oh, by the way, Jamie, sorry for being a day late posting this xD

And Rachel, I hope you had fun reading yesterday, and that the sun came out for you! ^_^

By the way, who is Shadow Uname? I've been wondering. xD

That is all. u_u