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The last few weeks have been really busy, at work we are in the process of switching accounting packages, what should have been a fairly smooth process has had a number of bumps. 

Dean and I have a dance event coming up the first weekend in June so we have been practicing like crazy ... realized due to the journalling of hours that I spent more time on dancing than I have on my Kung Fu in the last two weeks.  Amazing though I still have kept up on my Kung Fu numbers, what took the hit was my weekly journal (missed 2 weeks) and my healthy diet, for example on Tuesday  I had a dry old piece of cake for breakfast, no lunch, a bag of chips on the way home at 9:30 pm for supper all chased with alot of coffee!  And now I sit here ... a Tim Hortons breakfast sandwich at 10AM and since then lots of coffee.  I am HUNGRY!

12 of 52 Pandamonium

Pandamonium was awesome!   Lots of participation, lots of numbers for those of us in I Ho Chuan, and lots of fun.   I got there at 5 am and had an opportunity to practice my nunchuk form many many times with Mr. Krebs, my tai chi broadsword with Sifu Langner and many reps of Kempo 1,2 &3, spear and stick 1, 2, & 3.  Sihing Robinson kept us motivated by yelling car everytime someone drove past or parked and then pulling off some fancy flying and spinning kicks on the heavy bags.  That man has more juice than the energerizer bunny, he just keeps going and going! 

My hubby arrived just before 8 AM and we set up the tent and the tables outside for the barbeque which was up and running on time for the pancake breakfast at 9 AM.  Sifu Masterson and her volunteers had the whole outdoor thing running beautifully and even the weather cooperated.  

By Tai Chi class at 10 AM my knees were aching badly and I was loosing steam but the class was incredible ... definitely more chaotic than usual so it made it hard to focus ... but hey that’s good practice as well.   A number of us who know the whole tai chi long form ran through the whole thing several times and the energy in the room was smokin!

 It was the most fun I have had in a long time.  I prefer to train with other people ... alone it seems to me that something is missing.  Since my girls have been gone to China (we used to train together) practicing my kung fu became alot more solitary and somewhat two dimensional as a result.   So for me this event was a great experience .  I will see you all there next year!