shanmonster | Gobble Gobble Gobble

I overindulged.

The turkey was very, very good. So were the mashed potatos, gravy, peas, corn, sweet potatos, orange pop, carrot, baked squash, lemonade, vanilla pumpkin pie, can of Strongbow, glass of vodka and coffee, slice of coffee cake, and a few too many chocolates. Now that I've written that out, I'm doubly perturbed. That was too much food! I won't need to eat for a week! My stomach is so distended I look about six months pregnant when I assume lordosis.

This makes me think up a mean practical joke.

I'm picturing myself in kung fu class during one of our interminable drills. We're doing some sort of punching/conditioning exercise where we take repetitive blows to the midsection. After we've been doing this for quite some time, I pause, look at the Sifu and say, "Should I be doing this, considering I'm pregnant?"

Imagine all the dragons, pushups, and long-term horse stances I'd have to do once the Sifu recovered from his resulting heart attack. Would the pain be worth it?

I'm still not sure....

I just posted the following message to my kwoon's website:

I have good news and bad news.

The good news is I finally got a fulltime job.

The bad news is that my schedule sucks arse, and I won't be able to make any classes for the month of February. Chances are, I won't be able to make many classes at all for several months, when I've achieved such seniority as to work nice, friendly, kung fu-allowing shifts.

This makes me very, very sad.

However, I don't have to go rusty. I'd love it if you were to train with me. I should be available every day (aside from Sundays) around 1:00 or 2:00, if we can find a place to practice. Dmitrii already said he'd train with me on Saturdays. If your schedule affords you the opportunity, won't you come and train with me (somewhere, like the squash courts, even, if we can't get the studio)? This would make me happy, and also make it much more difficult to slip into the motionless apathy I fear if I had no one to train with.

Pretty please?

I'm keeping my non-superstitious fingers crossed.