In Vancouver

Left Wednesday night for Vancouver to help out my sister and her little ones.  She got viral meningitis and spent 5 days in the hospital, she got home on Wednesday and I have been here to help with the kids,(2 yrs and 6 yrs old) and cook, clean etc.   I forgot what its like with little ones, they are so busy and get into so much stuff.  Trying to feed them and keep them entertained so they aren't tiring out my sister is a challenge. Especially with the little one who is super clingy and traumatized by her mom being in the hospital.  The plan is to be back on Wednesday because my Mom has to prep for a complicated CT Scan of her insides on Friday.  Hate to leave my sister before she is ready but we booked this test almost a year ago.  Hopefully she will be feeling much better, feeding her lots of healthy broths and making sure she takes lots of naps during the day.  Sorry to miss out on classes and practices.  Not sure if I can swing the tiger challenge ... it depends on my Mom and how she is doing.  Still practicing my horsewhisk form!  So I am ready if I can make it.  Hate it when I miss classes ... they are an important part of my week.

An Epiphany

So at the last I ho chuan meeting Sihing Csillag mentioned that at the end of the day while she is recording her numbers it is a time of reflection for that day.   That rang a bell with me, taking the time to sit and reflect on the day, all of the ups and downs, failures and accomplishments.  I usually gather up multiple notes and/or attempt to remember all the numbers for the last couple of days it's not an enjoyable event.  So last night I took a different approach, made myself a cup of tea, opened my notebook and reflected on all that had gone on during the day, good and bad and wrote it all down.  Made notes about my progress with the meal planning/vegetarian eating, chewed myself out about my bad attitude in the morning, put together a plan of action for my stretching routine in the morning.  I wrote 2 pages not just recording numbers and it was alot more relevant to me and enjoyable ... not hard at all.  Is this what everyone else has been doing??? and I just never got the message before???  Thank you Sihing

Feeling better

So for the last couple of weeks I have been battling a nasty cold.  Normally I bounce back from things like this pretty quick but maybe germs from assisted living facilities (Mom had a cold when we left for Vancouver) are tougher.  So I have been battling a sore throat, cough, chest congestion and sinuses that just won gold in the snot marathon.  Yuk!!   Finally I am starting to feel more like myself.  I admit I am a crabby sick person, I want someone to make me chicken soup, and tea with honey, and rub Vicks on my chest ... I totally revert to about 8 years old.   The weird thing is that when I was a I kid I don't remember anyone doing this for me so I don't know why I think that this is what you are supposed to do for sick people.  So I followed the routine and made myself chicken soup and tea with honey and rubbed Vicks on my own chest ... it did make me feel better but that maybe psychological.  Anyway the only thing I was keeping up with was my horse whisk form, my hand form is long (mu long koon) ha ha ha and it got bits of it practiced but I couldn't get through the whole thing.  Finally last night I did two reps of the whole form ... guess I am on the road to recovery. 

Tomorrow Dean and I are going to Houston to visit my daughter Brandi, I am very excited.   Skype is great but it can't communicate hugs and shared hot chocolate or tea.  As a result I will be missing this Thursday's classes and Saturday open training.  I will be back on the 12th so I will be at the classes on the 13th and there are no more trips planned for the year of the monkey.