I need to have a certain amount of time on my own. Too many days filled with obligations and I start to feel irritated, and then I fancy myself sick to explain away the irritation. The cure is simply an hour or so, unencumbered to read or lie about listening to music. I suppose that most people would make time by either reading before bed, or getting up early, of course for me this would cut into my sleeping which is the key to my sanity.
Basically, I've been a bit edgy, I did however, get a nice stack of books on loan from the library, which I picked up on my way to practice last night.
I tried my luck at a bit of coaching, we were on the small rink which is ironic as my main goal has been trying to get the skaters here to move on to a larger facility, yet there I was in the same place, but not even on the rink I think is too small to reasonably do blocking drills, I was on a smaller side rink. Trying to make the best of this situation, we did a bit of footwork practice, something I tried to get our group here to do in September of last year. There are my personal concerns though,
The group has made many changes they feel are important, and soon training could follow. They have a group of new skaters they are concentrating on.
For me, however, there won't be much offered until the group gets to rules, reffing, blocking practice and scrimmaging. I will have to continue looking abroad for my derby fix.
I did find them a second suitable venue which is under discussion, and for myself I found (actually Zok found) a velodrome (my new favorite word), which I have been skating on for endurance.
Outside of skating, mostly I have been catching up on garden chores, and trying not to be too sorrowful about the fruit trees having their 'no fruit' year.
I had to pull out a plant I liked because it was diseased, I thought the plant was a native, but the nursery told me that it was not, and although not a 'certified' weed, a good plant for our environment- so I pulled it out.
I went to a BBQ with Zok, where I didn't eat as I am boycotting all non-friendly foods, and this includes any function where 'pulling out the meat' is considered vegetarian.
Zok and I saw a new neighborhood, in a wine region nearby where our friend and neighbor had an art exhibit. Her pictures were lovely, if I am allowed an opinion, I thought her pictures not only suited her, but reflected the same way she describes how she much she loves the landscapes in Australia.
My goal for life starting today is to delve into my books, although regarding those books, I had a set back in my campaign to reclaim my proper name. Lately, I have had 1)my luggage taken off a plane by mistake, 2) told I was not actually enrolled in my Masters program 3) had to hunt around the hold shelves to find all my requests at the library 4) had to have a certified check re-cut costing me about twenty minutes of my time (that I could have spent alone reading).
All these small annoyances are due to the Australian propensity to respell my name into an English fashion, the highlight of these exchanges is when a person is committing this crime of the misspelling while looking at the correct one, in print, in front of their eyes!
Perhaps I just need an alias.
Basically, I've been a bit edgy, I did however, get a nice stack of books on loan from the library, which I picked up on my way to practice last night.
I tried my luck at a bit of coaching, we were on the small rink which is ironic as my main goal has been trying to get the skaters here to move on to a larger facility, yet there I was in the same place, but not even on the rink I think is too small to reasonably do blocking drills, I was on a smaller side rink. Trying to make the best of this situation, we did a bit of footwork practice, something I tried to get our group here to do in September of last year. There are my personal concerns though,
The group has made many changes they feel are important, and soon training could follow. They have a group of new skaters they are concentrating on.
For me, however, there won't be much offered until the group gets to rules, reffing, blocking practice and scrimmaging. I will have to continue looking abroad for my derby fix.
I did find them a second suitable venue which is under discussion, and for myself I found (actually Zok found) a velodrome (my new favorite word), which I have been skating on for endurance.
Outside of skating, mostly I have been catching up on garden chores, and trying not to be too sorrowful about the fruit trees having their 'no fruit' year.
I had to pull out a plant I liked because it was diseased, I thought the plant was a native, but the nursery told me that it was not, and although not a 'certified' weed, a good plant for our environment- so I pulled it out.
I went to a BBQ with Zok, where I didn't eat as I am boycotting all non-friendly foods, and this includes any function where 'pulling out the meat' is considered vegetarian.
Zok and I saw a new neighborhood, in a wine region nearby where our friend and neighbor had an art exhibit. Her pictures were lovely, if I am allowed an opinion, I thought her pictures not only suited her, but reflected the same way she describes how she much she loves the landscapes in Australia.
My goal for life starting today is to delve into my books, although regarding those books, I had a set back in my campaign to reclaim my proper name. Lately, I have had 1)my luggage taken off a plane by mistake, 2) told I was not actually enrolled in my Masters program 3) had to hunt around the hold shelves to find all my requests at the library 4) had to have a certified check re-cut costing me about twenty minutes of my time (that I could have spent alone reading).
All these small annoyances are due to the Australian propensity to respell my name into an English fashion, the highlight of these exchanges is when a person is committing this crime of the misspelling while looking at the correct one, in print, in front of their eyes!
Perhaps I just need an alias.
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