What Matters

    The Bjorkquist clan has been away all week on a family outing in Mexico. This trip has been a bucket list item of mine for 30+ years (Cabo San Lucas). It has been marvellous. Fantastic weather, food, scenery, people and most importantly, family time. We (Deb, Kody and I), have many more memories to add to our shared times together, and that is the most important thing to me. I am not saying things went perfectly, life always has bumps, but it is how you handle them that matters. We have had some room issues, tummy troubles, missed opportunities, but these are trivial compared to the unbelievable memories we will have from the time spent together enjoying life. 

   But this has been at the expense of my training and participation in Kung Fu. Poor Wifi, forgetting about our time zone difference, rushed schedule, crowded pools, and an unexpectedly strong rip tide limited what I wanted to do. Mentally I was constantly thinking about Kung Fu, but physically not so much. Needless to say I am anxious to get back at it Tuesday when we are back at home. But that will be tough as well, our plane doesn’t get in till after midnight on Monday, then customs, drive home, work on Tuesday (Deb was smart enough to take Tuesday off, I wasn’t). Poor planning on my part, oh well. 

   So while I missed a weeks worth of classes, I gained a lifetime worth of memories with those I love. Truly what matters the most to me. 

   Now to get back at it. I have numbers to work on, forms to tweak, Tiger Challenge to prepare for, classes to attend and a weeks worth of sloth to crush.

P/UP 9967 (no change)

S/UP 9840 (no change)

SPAR 160 min (no change)

1609 KM 443.28 km (watch broken, no data)

AOK 300 recorded (no change)

HAND FORM 80

WEAPON FORM 90 (no change)

MASTERY 8