Well, this has technically been my first spring break. It wasn’t overly amazing. Did I do it wrong? TV always makes it so glamorized. I just sat around playing games and not doing school work. It felt good when I didn’t have to drag myself out of bed for classes. But it wasn’t spectacular. Even the weather wasn’t spectacular. It’s all wet and icky outside. Mud. I did make a snowman last weekend. It’s melted already. I made it with my little cousin. We named him.. Cloudy? Yeah, I guess so. And we did use colored water to make him more…bright?
Cloudy and Christopher.
This was not Cloudy at his colorfullness. First he was purple, then we added some red. Then some blue. And then some yellow. By the end he looked pretty awkward. But it was fun all the same. Christopher is my little cousin.
This doesn’t count for spring break, but last Wednesday, I had a Tae Kwon Do test. I don’t know if I’ve ever mentioned it on here, but I’ve been in Tae Kwon Do for about two years. I tested last week for my Brown Trim belt. I passed. It always makes me feel good when I pass. So lets see. How many belts until I’m a black belt? Red belt, then red trim…Then I get to test for my blackbelt. So… Two? Two more regular tests, then my blackbelt test. Wow. Pretty… nerve inducing.
My TKD instructor is currently building us a new gym to train in. It’s that dome thing, between the bowling alley and the Best Western. He isn’t hiring many professionals to help build it. He ordered the plan and the wood and we put up the wood structure ourselves. A lot of the older students and the younger students parents have been helping. I was out there a bit last summer. Well now that it’s warming up, we’re going to be getting back at it. So later today I’ll be out there, in the mud, helping with whatever needs to get done. And we’ve all been doing a great job, but he’s sacrificed quite a bit for it himself.
At our testing, last wedensday, I was given the job to inform everyone about his sacrifice. So here it goes: Our instructor is Mike Perish. He’s currently a Third Degree black belt. However, he has technically sacrificed his fourth degree test for our gym and our training. He’s put so much time and effort into the gym, for us. And instead of testing for his fourth degree last november (because he was supposed to test this most recent november) he has decided to wait until the gym is done to test. I think the rumors are that once it’s finished, He’s going to hold an open testing, inviting the public to watch. Usually blackbelt tests are secret, and only blackbelts can watch them. So this is a pretty big deal.
